Matheus Ribeiro de Assis
A while ago when I had a very strong practice with Mahasi's noting style I began having this snaps in consciousness. At first, I thought they where cessations, but they lack some characteristics.
My consciounesness simply blinks for a second, for some reason they remind me of the sound of cracking finger or spine joints. I don't think that I'm briefly falling asleep because there is no torpor or mental fog. But I also doubt they are cessations because there are no formation moments before it, just a sudden snap (sometimes they are like shots). A very interesting fact is that they also may happen in the middle of a thought, the phrase is simply cut in the middle and there isn't that feeling of "forgetting" what I was thinking about, just a cool equanimity and there isn't a sensation of having to finish the thought, it just breaks.
What could these be? Are they indicatives of anything?
There is also a great sense of relief after them.
I'm not following your narrative very well
Please detail the following if you want to -
- strong practice(what determines this?)
- Mahasi's noting style(please describe what you actually do)
- cessations, but they lack some characteristics(what characteristics?)
- consciousness simply blinks(what leads up to this?)
- describe formations please.
- middle of a thought(In High EQ? describe high EQ)
- cool equanimity and great sense of relief (then what?)
Thanks for considering supplying additional information as you will get better responses.
So far I would just toss out a wild guess that you might be moving from Jhana 3 to 4.
I hope that helps
Good Luck,
~D
