| | No, I think you got it alright.
I was musing about this a bit though - usually when I find that I am on autopilot, I am daydreaming about something else - let's say I'm driving home, I might start thinking about something from work, etc. As far as I know, I don't miss a beat driving though. I was wondering, has noting for this person become so automatic that he does it and can still leave part of his attention for other things like daydreaming about work - that is, when he's on autopilot, what is he thinking about, and is he really noting then (implied by the "false note" above)? If he is actually noting , maybe he should continue the automatic noting, and begin noting what he is thinking about while on autopilot - two streams of noting if you will. A third stream might develop after a while...
This is rather like what happens with aural sigils (intent encoded in a mantra) in practical magick - one begins a chant, and then that becomes automatic, and one's mind wanders., one becomes aware of that, and then one is creating the mantra internally, then a third stream of attention arises, again that is subverted to the concentration on the sound of the mantra - after a while one cannot sustain the multiple streams of attention and the cognitive dissonance produced by trying causes a breakdown and one slips into "gnosis" (one pointed concsciousness or non-dual concentration state). The same thing could happen with a noting practice leading to a nondual insight.
Anyway, you'll have to notice whether you are actually noting or not, and if so, begin noting what it is that you are attending to with the rest of your consciousness. If not, then it is just a matter of noting that you are not noting and get back to work. David |