during and after the big BOOM, i kept checking in, there was no discontinuity, there was good ol me still there throughout, despite the very blissful rush and afterglow. the "dissolution" phase afterwards seemed to fit the descriptions of A&P too and lasted a day or so. thereafter i started regaining sensitivity to vibrations and was expecting dark night which didn't (yet!) materialize. the rushes and mini A&Ps afterwards were similar, there was no distinct cessation event. the question for me which wasn't answered tin the MCTB is: is that a known phenomenon, the A&P "Aftershocks" so to say? When i "skipped past" the dukka nanas to equanimity, then i found the "near-miss" description of these wow events and so that seemed to fit.
as of yet there hasn't been any hint of "formations" except perhaps some very crazy imagery during sits.
Right, I see what you're getting at now I think. The A&P "aftershocks" might related to moving through Dissolution and into the Fear ñana, I've noticed some kind of "rushes", almost like excitement when in the early stages of Dark Night.
I admire your honesty and the fact that you're being straight-up with your descriptions, I said the same thing to Andy on another thread, the ability to be skeptical of your interpretation of experience is really useful on this path. If you're sure that there was no distinct blip or discontinuity then that's cool by itself, it shows that you're staying present with this and doing what you need to be doing so maintain this level of practice and it'll all drop out by itself.
As for formations, this is a bit of tough one to discuss clearly but one thing which may worth knowing, particularly if you're main reference is MCTB, is that Daniel's descriptions of formations, while accurate, incredibly detailed and technical, are unique to him. My experience of formations is that they're like seeing the whole of reality as being a stage set in a play, only it's being swished off to one side as the scene changes to the next set. It's really quite simple when you experience it, but discussing it afterwards in mutually understandable terms is a different matter.
Get a practice thread going and describe the details of your sits, that'll make it easier to get a handle on where you're at and offer more specific advice.