My understanding is that the skill you describe here is a prerequisite for what Valentine describes as Kensho or stream-entry. Stream-entry/Kensho refer to a broader kind of “getting it”, a brief grasping of the illusoriness of the self and comprehenion of the oneness of all things, etc.
I would add that there appear to be numerous different schools of thought on what these terms actually refer to. Some will say that you haven’t achieved the target state unless you’ve experienced a jarring “cessation event”, in which you witness your conscious mind blink out and then come back online, and this event prompts a certain set of realizations about the nature of the mind. Some other schools don’t seem to regard the cessation event as necessary.
I too would like to get a clear answer on this, because terms like “kensho” tend to have more than one possible interpretation.
My understanding is that the skill you describe here is a prerequisite for what Valentine describes as Kensho or stream-entry. Stream-entry/Kensho refer to a broader kind of “getting it”, a brief grasping of the illusoriness of the self and comprehenion of the oneness of all things, etc.
I would add that there appear to be numerous different schools of thought on what these terms actually refer to. Some will say that you haven’t achieved the target state unless you’ve experienced a jarring “cessation event”, in which you witness your conscious mind blink out and then come back online, and this event prompts a certain set of realizations about the nature of the mind. Some other schools don’t seem to regard the cessation event as necessary.
I too would like to get a clear answer on this, because terms like “kensho” tend to have more than one possible interpretation.