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Whether doing anapanna or vipasanna , the three simultaneous tracks are 1) focus on the object, 2) brief thoughts, usually a monologue, 3) musical sound track. I can intensify 1) momentarily but the other two don’t really stop for long. I seem to cycle through noticing them. I can’t say that I lose concentration, but it’s like driving that You have attention on several things at once but unlike driving that you get lost in thought and drive unconsciously.

Any thoughts?

This started at recent course. One time it was very intense. Only happened a few times and started at night meditating in bed. Definitely a peak experience the first time. After two or three times it faded away and not again for the rest of the course. Then just now while reading a book about U Ba khin.

This is a very pleasurable sensation, so i take care not to have sankaras. During it, my attention seemed extra strong with body sweeps happening strongly like my body was lit up.

I understand that this is should not become something to interfere with an orderly progress of training but it’s something. Teacher couldn’t coach me about it other than how I’ve already stated. Finally, another student at the course had the same thing.

Any thoughts? , Is this kundalini Shakti or something related to it?

During Vipassana, as I move my attention around say putting it on a spot and waiting for sensations to come I find that I move my eyes as if to look there. It’s involuntary. I find my eyes get tired by all this darting around. In case it’s not understood, my eyes are closed during all this. Another part of this is that putting my eyes so to speak on the place where I want the sensation is especially straining so I try not to. I also find that if I want to get a sensation in a specific place I focus my attention close to it but not on it so it’s in the “peripheral vision“ of the focus of attention and that seems to be a good way to do it. So I’m asking for people to tell me their experience with this and what strategies they have for this. The eyes tend to go where the attention is and I’m wondering if it’s possible to train yourself to not have to do that. Does anybody have experience with staring straight ahead while waiting for the sensations in your naval to start? I find that’s nearly impossible to do. Can that be trained?