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hanjini — 13 years ago — permalink

Right now, the main quality I experience during a session, especially towards the last half, is a soft, gentle, physically rhythmic sensation which feels like kindness towards my self. Not a lot of anything else like thoughts. Really relaxing and  soothing.

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davidbhayes — 13 years ago — permalink

Thats sound really interesting. I'm especially curious about the rhythm. Does it seem related to a physical rhythm in your body — pulse or breath are obvious candidates — or is it something else?
Either way I'm very glad your meditation practice is pleasant for you. Thanks for sharing!

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davidbhayes — 13 years ago — permalink

I don't know that I can really generalize about my meditative awareness, because it seems to me to be so many thing. For more than a week I've had this question in the back of my head, and every time I think I have an answer I realize it's only a temporary answer reflecting the most recent session.
I have sessions that feel quite jumpy, attention flitting from thing to thing. I have sessions where that basic dynamic being at work feels really grating and there's an agitated quality to the awareness as a result. In other "flitty" session there's a calm sense around the flitty-ness, a sort of patient and encompassing quality. Sometimes my mind on a whole seems pretty calm, and there's a strong but pleasant neutral sense to it all.

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