Comment by aquatican on Meditation, insight, and rationality. (Part 2 of 3) · 2018-11-13T22:10:04.496Z · LW · GW

This is such a good description of meditation and the stages. I learnt mediation in the Vipassana tradition and i see analogues between the stages you have described and the markers mentioned in the description and discourses in that tradition. I suspect i have been stuck in Stage 3 for quite some time. i did intense meditation for a long time and went to various retreats and my life got stuck. Like nothing made sense and the things which i wanted to do or were 'goals' disappeared. I am seeing that things are better now that i have resumed . At my current experience i can sense most of my body and am aware of sensations/vibrations for long periods. Should i also be scanning the parts which i don't sense in my body or a generic awareness of vibrations sufficient?