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Hi. I recently got first path on aug 3., and was able to relax for a while. The dharma begun to keep the wheel turning though, and i am in another a & p, with some disillusion version 2. but i want to be able to be productive at work since its a busy week.
Question 1: how should i go about this, should i stop meditating? (i do not wish to bounce around back and forth to and from a & p to equanimity repetitively like the 1st time around.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 2: Unrelated to the present question also: is the energy and strong difference in experience and control only experienced when first entering new territory for the first time? I.e. How I'm feeling now, and how I felt pre-first path with the A & P, equanimity. I noticed, as I kept falling back and forth, the energy seemed to be more subtle and unnoticeable. (Im not sure if it was just life conditions like what ive been eating or exercise/health that made it less noticeable or if its really that way) Can meditators call on these states in the future to aid them in their everyday lives? I.e. If one wished to stay in Equanimity, then they keep that energetic strong-control equanimity induced state? Or will the states just fall back, become more subtle and unnoticeable.
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Thanks very much!! |