[2025/08/17, 20:38:13] James: Meditation is so nice now
[2025/08/17, 20:38:16] James: There’s no block
[2025/08/17, 20:38:18] James: No struggle
[2025/08/17, 20:38:20] James: Just being
[2025/08/17, 20:38:27] James: I’m happy I stopped valproate
[2025/08/17, 20:38:41] James: It was messing up my judgment, my emotions, and preventing me from assimilating things fully
[2025/08/17, 20:39:03] James: Meditation though… it’s never been like this
[2025/08/17, 20:39:10] James: My mind really is just another sense
[2025/08/17, 20:39:24] James: Just like the wind brushes my skin and is gone, thoughts brush my mind and are gone
[2025/08/17, 20:39:31] James: There’s almost no clinging
[2025/08/17, 20:39:59] James: The whole saga is starting to make sense
[2025/08/17, 20:40:17] James: And it’s like I have 30 years of solid meditation practice with the first minor enlightenment under my belt
[2025/08/17, 20:41:10] James: I can sit for 2 seconds and be present and settled immediately. 2 minutes more and I am approaching a trance of open concentration. 2 minutes more and my face goes slack and I guess I’m in a jhāna or whatever they’re called
[2025/08/17, 20:41:20] James: Then my kid comes and talks to me and I don’t feel annoyed at all
[2025/08/17, 20:41:46] James: I reply, talk a while, and straight back into the jhāna (if that’s what it is)
[2025/08/17, 20:41:54] James: Whatever it is, it’s easy and pleasant and that is new