Table of Contents

22. My Practice Now  |  1. Preface to Stand-Alone Chapter

Preface to Stand-Alone Chapter

Background

The Build Up

Sporadic Mindfulness of Thoughts

The gap between perception and action

Release from the fear of death

Magic cookies revelations

Zen retreat

Committment to daily sitting

Discovering the jhanas

First residential retreat – temporary awakening

The Jhanas

First jhana, then spontaneously arising

First four jhanas and yucky feeling

Metta practice

Inner cheerleader

Getting control over the emotion dials

Third retreat – 10 days in Chiang Mai

Fourth retreat – 14 days with Leigh

Breakthrough Into the Void

Fifth retreat – 28 days with Leigh – first breakthrough

Falling into a black hole – Satori as a nightmare

Sixth retreat - 10 days with Ajahn Sona

Is the void the goal?

Being One With the Bushes – the Unitive Experience

Retreat With Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Seeing Through the Illusion of a Doer

Dealing With the World's Suffering

Seeing Through the Illusion of the Witness

Dedicated Practitioner Program

The Mind Illuminated

False Memory During Retreat

Nonduality – Everything Is Mind-Stuff

A World Filled With Love

The Unfolding Universe

Light Nimitta

Invitation to Teach

Teaching my first two retreats

Being Stoned on Mindfulness

Mood Cycling

To Be or Not to Be Triggered

My Practice Now

22. My Practice Now  |  1. Preface to Stand-Alone Chapter