Culadasa October 2017 Patreon Q&A

Timestamps: 00:00 - [Please] talk a little bit about the arising of piti, spontaneous body movements, and how it relates to purification of the mind. 04:45 - Could you please talk about mindfulness in daily life and how one could use it to reduce craving and procrastination? 09:44 - Do gross distraction and strong dullness always occur independently from one another or can they ever exist simultaneously? 14:15 - To what degree should a TMI meditator care about or be familiar with the [Progress of Insight] map? Would it be useful or a hindrance? 30:42 - What do you have to say on location optimizing/tailoring (in Jeffrey Martin's Finder Course model)? 46:29 - Sometimes I am wondering how to handle stress at work or stress in general? 53:45 - I am uncertain about the comment regarding the characteristics of subtle dullness. 56:38 - I found it interesting that you talked about locations as a state kind of phenomenon. Also Jeffrey speaks of sub-locations and that the four locations each contain infinite amounts of sub-locations or sub-states. 57:48 - It's often said that Awakening is a recognition or understanding, not a state that's subject to passing away. Even today though, some prominent people and researchers continue to view it as something more state-like... 1:07:34 - I'm having trouble applying mindfulness to my health conditions off the cushion. 1:14:23 - Mostly in stages 4 and 5 inclining the mind to the breath sensations at the nose shows bubbly vibrational sensations even off the cushion. Buy Culadasa's books on Amazon: amazon.com/author/culadasa Follow Culadasa on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Culadasa.John.Yates Much more at: http://culadasa.com/