My Brief Report on Stable Meditative Joy

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9 hours ago, Nak Khid said:

Can you speak about the differences of meditating with a mindfulness approach where one notes
thoughts in order to let go of them and be in the present
vs.
repeating a mantra to transcend

Also what is the difference in what your are calling "formal sessions" and are those mindfulness of TMI ?

thanks

Noting is an adept insight practice that enables the meditator to maximize sensory clarity with momentary concentration. It can be done with labeling or just noticing. It is really powerful if you have the proper skills to do it. So TMI stage 6-7 is a good time to try it. Also you can try the labeling version in stage 3 TMI as well.

Mantra is too much of a conceptual meditation object for the purposes of developing awareness. It is useful in developing stable attention but its ability to produce insight and develop metacognitive awareness is very low. It is not a technique that is in an adept meditator's toolbox. Initially, it can be useful though.

Formal session simply implies sitting practice where your intentions are doing the technique with diligence. Daily practice is your ability to bring that quality in movement.

Hope this helps.