Hypothesis Non particularized interest as the gateway to reliable 1st jhana. Sense pacification piti as inherently interesting sensations produced by base level, contentless, sensory mind adjusting thresholds for provoking interest downward towards non conceptual awareness.
This would also tell me there exist two systems which are capable of being decoupled, that interest flows from the core system to sensory systems, and that interest is moderated internally or by another process.


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