Namaste
I need help with this
As I started reading the MCTB and the boards here my mind latched on the concept of Dark Night...
It seemed to me that I am stuck into this for a long long time... I am kind off sure, but funnily I don’t have a recall of being through the previous stages...
Currently I don’t have a formal sitting/meditating regime. Till now I have never considered enlightenment/nirvana as something to pursue. Every morning I do pranayama/yoga in a group environment for about one hour.
I have done one Goenka’s 10 days vippasana course, that was some 8 years back, from the 4th day at course I could get into the vipassana (the body scan and observing the vibrations that were rising all over the body). I also did a few follow up one day sittings with them. Then I moved on to other things, don’t know why but I seem to take up all sorts of these kind of courses that are offered in this part of the world...
Have done quite a few yoga courses (from BK Iyenegar to Baba Ramdeo and few more in between), few more courses that deal with spiritual ways like “The art of Living”, or the Bramaha Kumaries, few more on breathing techniques, but all the while have never been serious about this “E” thingy.
Imagine doing all this with a though, its ok it might help or may not but “what’s the harm, can’t have any negatives”.

After reading the first few pages of MCTB and the boards here and learning about the DN, the first thing I wanted to know was, if there is any which way to turn back, but seems there is no reverse gear on this car

I hope to complete the book by the weekend and have decided to set aside 2 hours for daily practice but not sure what kind of practice it should be. I would take the guidelines from the book but now am worried about the ‘DIY’ aspect of all this . . . Meanwhile will continue with the yoga, plan to add extra 30 minutes for pranayama
I look forward to support and guidance from the community here.
Sanjay