Mi'sen

Contemplative fieldnotes: It is all very well to know the theory (eg: limitations of restful states) but you really have to see habits & hidden assumptions of mind at work at a subtle level. This doesn't mean figuring out why/where they came from, but just seeing through them.https://twitter.com/misen__/status/1104663864786997249 …

This is why you need _personal_ guidance from competent guide/s. One could spend years and years stuck in subtle habits of mind without knowing it, or w/o knowing how to work with things in practice to lead to liberating insight, instead of falling into restful/deluded states.

Note to self: It is a much more palatable narrative that mind is resting in empty-awareness, than one has been relaxing into a subtle dullness. Do not settle for rest. Cut through delusion, with the key instruction: Look! Look until the illusory castle of ignorance collapses.

Thanks for this, a useful insight.

As someone said to me, it's not a bad place to get stuck, and is a sign of a maturing onsoght, but it is easy to cling on to an idea of practicing in a relaxed way instead of actually going much deeper. This advice was also context/practice dependant, so there's that.

It’s an occasional problem for me, especially if I practice just before bed when I’m restful/tired anyway.