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MrDragon | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 6 months ago I met a monk. I did a 10 day meditation retreat with him. 

We were exploring around 5 meditation techniques in total. They were all showing different kinds of things and designed for different kind of purposes. 

One of them was "noting". The goal of it - to note more than 6 things/sensations per second. As soon as your brain starts doing that - it starts breaking, as if getting short-circuit. 

After around 4 days I started noting 6 - 10 things, depending on a session. 

I've had out-of-body experience, DMT-like experiences, kundalini awakening and many others. 

Can't imagine what would happen if I went above 10+.
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ac918471 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 6 things/sensations per second 👀
Can you give an example?
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MrDragon | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 He gave me a "template" - 4 basic sensations & then I could add as much to it as possible. 

1. Inhale 
2. Exhale 
3. Sitting (I was going through my spine) 
4. Touching (feeling my ass) 

And then the rest would be whatever I feel/hear/sense/think in my being. 

So it would be - inhale, exhale, sitting, touching, hearing, thought, tension (in my knee), thought - this is one round and these are 8 things I noticed. 8 is already super super advanced though. 

5-6 is what I can do on a daily basis (I meditate 60-120mins per day). To go past 6, I need to meditate 4-8 hours that day to train my focus.