DavidM comments on Meditation, insight, and rationality. (Part 2 of 3) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DavidM 06 May 2011 03:09:19PM 1 point [-]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

I don't know whether 'vibrations' are necessarily observable by anyone who has passed through any of these stages, or are just a side effect of the specific exercises I prescribe to cultivate attention, which would not occur if someone has passed through the stages by another method.

Comment author: donjoe 19 July 2011 06:29:38AM 0 points [-]

So vibrations will not necessarily be observed by everyone doing this kind of meditation? Well how are stage 1 newbies supposed to keep their hopes up during their practice if the main marker of stage 2 isn't a sure thing even if you're doing everything right?