Hey all,
I came into contact with Florian a few days back who directed me an old Stream Entry thread of his, it had "helicopter rotors" in the title and should be quite easy to find. I read that thread before my morning sit, and decided to continue to sit for another hour, and then another, totaling 4 sits. I would sit, open a spreadsheet on google docs and try to construct a narrative of where the sit went, take a break, and then read everything related to what was on the spreadsheet. I'd find there was tweaking to be done or something I had not thought of, and sit again to apply what I'd read as best I could.
Here are the journal-type thingies:
3rd sit on aug 6th and 1st sit on aug 7th are of particular note, but the rest will probably be important for context/lead-up as they do seem to resemble parts of the insight map
Spreadsheet with recent sits (includes this morning, morning of the 7th)
Additional Write up after 3rd sit (spreadsheet didn't have room).
Would really appreciate it if I could get some guidance.
Not really sure where to peg anything, but relatively confident of a few things (not already describe in the spreadsheet):
-Felt I spent large chunks of my sits in Stages #7-9 of Daniel's Vipassana Hierarchy
-The tone of experience, both on and off cushion (but especially on cushion), after the 3rd sit, seemed to have noticeably shifted. I can't quite put my finger on it. It's tricky because my sitting practice has basically been nonexistent (an hour of concentration when I feel the urge), so any contrast from previous vipassana practice is not there. I was just pulled along one day and it seems like I made a lot of progress. All sensations seem a lot less 'sticky'? (includes mental ones)
-For anyone trying to get better at transitions between 1st-4th jhanas or lower jhana practice in general, I feel like I learned a lot over the past few sits, so the beginnings of each sit might be of interest. I can add some thoughts if they like.
I'd write more but kinda just want to see what people think of what's been written. I'll probably have a lot of questions/ideas after some feedback anyway.
PM's welcome. If it's a bit too long or the formatting inconvenient for you, I'd be happy to summarize.
I thought it'd be best to leave the texts in their original form to minimize back editing.
Best,
Daniel