Mi'sen

Thanks, David.https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1191738539819462656 …

I really enjoyed it. So straightforward, no metaphysics, no unnecessary complexity.

So glad. Yeah, the whole point is practicality and simplicity of use. Empirically based.

Looking forward to your discussion of cessations with Daniel. As I mentioned when we talked about this in person, this is not part of the meditation systems I’ve practiced. However, it’s a covered in detail in the bardo teachings. I’m curious whether there’s commonality there.

I would guess that it's exactly the same phenomenon, but would be interested and open to learning that it's something different. There's a lot of confusion around similar terms meaning different things in these realms.

Is there an explicit equation in Theravada of cessations in meditation with the stages of the death and rebirth experiences?

FWIW, there are several things in Vajrayana lineages which sound a lot like Therevadan cessation - but I don’t know enough directly to be able to add much to the different/same phenomenology debate There’s also the matter of metaphysics and phenomenology getting muddled.