| | Daniel,
In your book you say 'noting' practice involves making a "quiet, mental one-word note of whatever you experience in each moment." (P61)
One the next page you say, "the noting should be as consistent and continuous as possible, perhaps one to five times per second. Speed and an ability to keep noting no matter what arises are very important."
My question, and my problem are pretty much the same. I'm unable to note things like rising, falling, thinking, recalling, feeling, pressure, tension, pain in foot, wandering etc at anything like a rate of one to five times per second. Now, I may be in error because I'm attempting to verbally, albeit silently, to note all these things that arise. Still, that's a lot of talking to yourself.
In other words, when I note "thinking" I say "thinking" in my mind.(Or someplace) The point is, it is said. The same is true of all the other notes. I've tried a self correction of "noting" without saying anything in my mind, but my impression is that I lose precision.
What clarification can you offer? Or guidance?
Note: I'm fairly new my my noting practice. It could be that speed comes with experience. |