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by monkey_brain
Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:51 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Anyone ever fallen asleep and witnessed it?
Replies: 13
Views: 4567

Re: Anyone ever fallen asleep and witnessed it?

If we are not typically aware of the exact moment when we cross over into sleep, but only ever realise that we have fallen asleep *retrospectively*, then, it appears that sleep as such is never experienced as an object of present awareness but an object of recollection, of memory. Our conscious awa...
by monkey_brain
Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:07 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: global warming
Replies: 396
Views: 63145

Re: global warming

Just about every aspect of modern climatology is affected by AGW. Numbers will depend on your definition of "climatologist". 1200 volunteered to contribute to the latest IPCC report (see http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/ar5.html ) and they would have been among the most highly qualified ... gi...
by monkey_brain
Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:23 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: global warming
Replies: 396
Views: 63145

Re: global warming

Hi, Alex, I would be really happy if you could finish by saying either (1) why you think your own knowledge, your own research and your own "found it on the internet" factoids outweigh the combined research of thousands of fully trained, hardworking and conscientious climatologists; or (2...
by monkey_brain
Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:47 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: global warming
Replies: 396
Views: 63145

Re: global warming

Hi, Alex, I would be really happy if you could finish by saying either (1) why you think your own knowledge, your own research and your own "found it on the internet" factoids outweigh the combined research of thousands of fully trained, hardworking and conscientious climatologists; or (2...
by monkey_brain
Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:51 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Unpleaseant Breath...
Replies: 7
Views: 3260

Re: Unpleaseant Breath...

I am actually beginning to feel that the sensation of the breath entering/leaving is unpleaseant. Its really cold here in the UK right now and the very cold breath entering particularly is putting me off....anyone else had this? BB... Mine is sometimes unpleasant in a different way. Sometimes, at t...
by monkey_brain
Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: staying awake during meditation, non standard ideas welcome.
Replies: 50
Views: 12165

Re: staying awake during meditation, non standard ideas welcome.

i have LOTS of dreams, full on audio, visual experiences just like waking life (as opposed too little mini dreams and images that can happen in light sleep). i used too write them down and got up too three whole notebook pages each morning. you only have these kinds of dreams during REM, which is t...
by monkey_brain
Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:12 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: staying awake during meditation, non standard ideas welcome.
Replies: 50
Views: 12165

Re: staying awake during meditation, non standard ideas welcome.

Sleep debt in the presence of what should be adequate sleep amounts indicates a possible sleep pathology. Hi monkey_brain, "Sleep debt" implies there's an ideal amount/type of sleep; and associating sleep problems with pathology is really pushing it. Best, Daniel It implies individual nee...
by monkey_brain
Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:19 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: staying awake during meditation, non standard ideas welcome.
Replies: 50
Views: 12165

Re: staying awake during meditation, non standard ideas welcome.

lol! that's the one thing from the "nodding" sutta that i have not tried! but even when i have awoken from a good solid nights rest and become totally awake for the day and then i sit, i can still fall asleep, easy. Nonstimulating or sedentary activities don't cause sleepiness, they *unma...
by monkey_brain
Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:22 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Starting to nod off during meditation
Replies: 27
Views: 7392

Re: Starting to nod off during meditation

Just a hopeful note from my own (still immature) practice. Sleepiness/drowsiness was the most common issue in the first 4-6 months of my sitting practice. Now, 18 months into it, it is an extremely uncommon guest. Nor did I really do or change anything that might have been a "solution" to ...
by monkey_brain
Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:39 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: The heartbeat as an unsuitable meditation object
Replies: 18
Views: 3553

The heartbeat as an unsuitable meditation object

Borrowed post from a different topic: Quiet place is important. However, as I found out for myself, earplugs won't help. When I use them, I hear my heart beating and this is much worse for me than some outer noise :popcorn: I remember cool days in Thailand visiting one cave monastery in the South. V...
by monkey_brain
Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:02 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Troubles falling asleep
Replies: 6
Views: 2408

Re: Troubles falling asleep

In general, generating and exploring images is much more conducive to sleep than (verbal) thinking, provided the images are not heavily emotionally charged. One excercise is to picture a room in your house and then rearrange the furniture mentally, trying different arrangements and see how you like ...
by monkey_brain
Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:37 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 971903

Re: Pritiking vs. Atkins and heart health

money_brain; I've discovered that discussing the healthiness of fad diets with people is often very similar to talking to them about their religion. It seems a bit harsh to call Ornish's diet a "fad" diet. While not being as good as some approaches, it's not *that* bad. Particularly if th...
by monkey_brain
Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:04 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 971903

Re: Pritiking vs. Atkins and heart health

For those interested in the best book on the link between diet and the diseases of civilization (heart disease, diabetes, obesity) in the past quarter century, see Gary Taubes' book "Good Calories, Bad Calories". And I fear it doesn't come out as Jhana4 would wish. Hi monkey_brain; I'm ch...
by monkey_brain
Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:04 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 971903

Re: Pritiking vs. Atkins and heart health

For those interested in the best book on the link between diet and the diseases of civilization (heart disease, diabetes, obesity) in the past quarter century, see Gary Taubes' book "Good Calories, Bad Calories". And I fear it doesn't come out as Jhana4 would wish.