Mi'sen

The recognition of our awareness w/out objects of cognition is made difficult because attention develops entirely w/in awareness w/out objects but is designed to only bind to the objects, not the clear awareness they exist in. IMO, there’s nothing cosmic about it. https://twitter.com/rubot/status/979446983390883845 …

For sure you can feel cosmic when you keep your attention on awareness w/out objects, but I’d contend that’s a samadhi effect as the brain tries to parse aconceptual awareness as it’s experienced.

I think it can be an ongoing effect, which is why a lot of realizers can stick with the cosmic interpretation of their own awareness.

this is a crucial point. different meditators may experience the same/similar meditation-related mental arising. some will seek to elaborate on their experience, perhaps even reify it. others simply recognize it as mental arising and can thus let it go.