Author: Hoosten
(cont'd from above)
Last night I was sitting and noting the breaths. My noting has gotten faster now, not quite to the point of Daniel's wordless *blips*--but I'm clearly noticing and marking each sensation of the breath, and there are several distinct sensations per inhalation. While making an effort to note each individual sensation of the breath a few interesting things began happening: my awareness expanded and suddenly between noting breaths I was perceiving and noting individual sensations at my extremities. My notes began to sound more like
"rising-finger-foot-rising-backhead-rising-rightknee-rising...fallingfallingfallingfalling"
While this was going on I also began to notice a strange intermittent pulsing in my forehead. When I pointed the mind at it to investigate further it stopped. It only seemed to appear while I was focused on noting sensations throughout the body. I also became very conscious of an irregular pulsing in the chest--perhaps only the heartbeat, but then why intermittent?--which like the forehead pulsatoins seemed to disappear the moment I turned my focus to it.
I suppose what I'm hoping for, in this thread and on DhO in general, is guidance and the old canard of Dharma diagnosis--for myself and hopefully other newcomers--where more experienced practitioners think it appropriate.
My apologies for my verboseness. I only seek clarity

Justin