Found it in 2012 online when there wasn't much else online. Having discovered meditation as a tool of mental cultivation but not knowing to what end, it served as a signal that the rabbit hole went pretty deep.
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If I have a main take away from the meet up and the section I reread it's that the models you install as mental constructs can shape your experience of the path by creating self fulfilling expectations.
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MTCB is really well knowing for doing some hardcore mapping the Progress of Insight, territory also known as the Dark Night (of the Soul).
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A fella I met says he spent 7 years in it, he thinks this happened because he was too focused on these Knowledge of Suffering having read the book right before going into a retreat.
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I dont know all the details in his case but the story resonates. I've found myself stuck because of limiting mental constructs based on things I've read too.
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"Nasty little Buddhist"
Seeking via neuroscience and psychology informed dharma.