Culadasa January 2018 Patreon Q&A

Timestamps: 01:26 How do I know when I move from stream enterer to once returner? Are there any practices to accelerate the progression. 08:50 |follow up question| Is it considered craving if I intend something to happen? 13:55 What is the most likely progression on stages of awakening? (first path - second path - ...) 18:31 In TMI you emphasize not to conciously change the breath. What do you think about adjusting the breath to allow positive feelings to arise? 24:50 Since you said there is no reincarnation, does the believe in karma provide any benefit or has it any role in TMI? 32:43 Pain and suffering are two different things. If we remove the suffering is pain just a sensation? 39:05 Have you heard of or experienced the transfer of conciousness? From what or to what is the conciousness transferred? 43:01 There are so many "awakened" people who seem to behave poorly in different ways. What can a practitioner do to keep from following into that trap? 53:08 Doing stage 6 practices I noticed a change in perception of the breath at the nose (descending into the sensations, even feeling them in other parts of the body). Is this a characteristic of the acquired appearance? 55:36 |follow up question| If the perception of the breath shifts, how/where do I define the scope of attention? 59:35 What do you know about koan practice and its nature and function on the path? Are there any parallels to Terravada or Tibetan Buddhism? 1:05:16 Would have TMI been approached any differently if one were already a stream enterer? 1:07:12 Does someone doing TMI go through the stages of insight in a different way than a dry vipassana practitioner? (dark night and dukkha nanas) 1:13:12 |continuation| Does one cycle through the stages repeatedly and does insight ever end? 1:17:13 I didn´t read about first path and so forth in the book, but it gets mentioned quite a lot. Do I have an old version? Culadasa then talks about his upcoming book (on different stages of awakening). 1:20:35 Culadasa talks about the deepening of jhana , the first luminous jhana and fire kasina. 1:28:45 Do the skills that are developed in meditation spill over in daily life? Buy Culadasa's books on Amazon: amazon.com/author/culadasa Follow Culadasa on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Culadasa.John.Yates Much more at: culadasa.com/