All of the above. And there can be some of the causal sequences described in the suttas and Abhidhamma (contact, feeling, perception, proliferation...).kitztack wrote:or is it more like a series of movie-like frames rapidly arising and passing away in a visual-like sense?kirk5a wrote:Ok but I'm still trying to understand a couple dozen [what, exactly] are happening per second? Are you referring to the stream of little micro-pinpricks of sensation happening around the body?mikenz66 wrote: I really don't see how noticing objects reasonably rapidly could be controversial. I don't think my practice is anything special.
The point is that, with my limited experience, it seems to me that the Abhidhamma models do have some sound observational basis at their core. As for "billions", I'm not qualified to comment. As others have suggested, that may be just hyperbole...
Mike