Reading a math textbook, proving a theorem, and *being a mathematician* are three different “cognitive modes”—all inaccessible 2 most people
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… I invert the instruction to “whenever you notice yourself aware of space, return to thinking!” Otherwise, your mind constantly slides off.
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Each cognitive mode contains state-dependent knowledge. In periods of not meditating much, I literally cannot remember what the point is!
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do you find the activity to be significantly different in kind, not just with respect to the object of focus?
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Yes; feels entirely different to me. Fwiw!
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