You can train in concentration and this is a very specific training to attain the genres. The genres are the deep stages of meditation where our minds get into very, very pleasant, tranquil, blissful, peaceful,. rapturous, expansive, formless states. And we can get into states where whatever suffering there is, this incredibly slight? But the problem is those states are temporary. They're not sustainable. So one has to eat and do stuff. Those for temporary periods are also a way that sometimes suffering can be reduced. Is that what you're doing with the kidney stones? Were you trying to get into that state? You know, when kidney stones hit, I've had quite a bunch
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Why should we meditate? What are the typical developmental stages as one progresses along the contemplative path? What does it mean to "hold an ontology loosely"? Are some meditative techniques inappropriate for some practitioners? Are there risks associated with meditation?
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