Skipping Dark Night of the Soul | Gergo #1 | 3.24.22

Gergo and Dhammarato talk about how Mahasi noting, choiceless awareness, and other Western meditation methods can encourage wallowing in dukkha (suffering, unsatisfactoriness) rather than learning to recognise dukkha from a distance and choosing satisfaction. #mahasi #meditation #darknightofthesoul

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00:00 Mahasi noting and the Dark Night of the Soul

02:26 Nothing happens; no results; recognise dukkha so you can avoid it

06:03 The Noble Eightfold Path; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha

08:24 Practise dodging the arrow by developing sati; developing breathing

12:21 Not penetrating, or getting to the bottom of it - floating above it

15:14 See the unwholesome thoughts and change them

16:57 How deep do people need to fall into dukkha? Hitting rock bottom

19:28 Remember to look, look, change, celebrate - choiceful; not choiceless

27:17 Sati is being in the reality of the moment; not the fantasies of the mind

30:03 Unnecessary work - how you feel about the job; scoring right now

34:49 What is an unwholesome thought? Where are you going to draw the line?

37:53 Becoming more sensitive; seeing the danger

41:40 Satisfaction rather than gratification; this is ok; good enough

44:27 Choiceless awareness is a lot of work; be a champion of your own mind