Hello J Groove, thank you for replying to my message

J Groove:
I can relate to what you're saying. Part of me wants to say "push through it--you've got to be on target if it's getting more difficult." After all, at a certain point the practice has to get so hard that you have no choice but to either quit or keep at it and make a breakthrough.
I think you've either misread me or i explained myself very poorly.
I'm not pushing through anything, what i'm doing is effortless. I wish i would have something to push through, something that would be a breakthrough if i'd managed to persist and keep pushing. This would be some kind of goal, a target to aim at like you said, but I do not have a target.
This is pretty much a summary of my question.
J Groove:
Have you given any thought to ramping up the metta practice or maybe doing some candle-flame or kasina meditation in addition to the noting practice you're doing now?
I don't do any loving kindness meditation; I think of loving kindness as one of "the four protections" as described by Mahasi Sayadaw in his book. I will use it if i feel that i could benefit from it in that context, but it never happen.
Would you recommand i do Metta for another purpose? what would it be?
I'm not familiar with kasina meditation; would you be kind enough to explain the purpose of it? what would be the benefit?
Thank you so very much for having taken the time to read my questions and make suggestions, I apologize for having failed at explaining myself properly.
thank you very much!