What is the amount of time you’d maximally spend (in terms of hours, fraction of the remaining duration of your life, &c) to attain the attainments you have now again, compared to baseline before awakening/starting to meditate/five years ago? Answer may include infinities or undefined or NaN, or be a vector.
Same as question one, but now with a monetary value, again answer may include infinities or undefined or NaN.
Are there any other relevant changes in presentation/subjective experience that stand out, e.g. Nick Cammarata reporting improved long-term memory but worsened short-term memory, or Daniel Ingram reporting increased reaction speed in clinical tests?
What is the amount of time you’d maximally spend (in terms of hours, fraction of the remaining duration of your life, &c) to attain the attainments you have now again, compared to baseline before awakening/starting to meditate/five years ago? Answer may include infinities or undefined or NaN, or be a vector.
Undefined. I have no clue because awakening is a tranformative experience. It’s not like a pretty necklace you can throw away. It’s a wrecking ball through your value system and perception of reality. And that goes both ways. Much of insight is noticing how precious certain things are (like calling my mom on the phone). If I lost my insights then I would forget how precious these things are, and that would decrease my motivation to get back to where I am right now.
Moreover, the time I spent meditating was a tiny fraction of the total cost. The real cost was the sacrifices—relinquishing attachment to things. That was awful to go through the first time, but I’d do them again in an instant if I had to.
Same as question one, but now with a monetary value, again answer may include infinities or undefined or NaN.
Maybe all the money I have in the bank, but I wouldn’t want to go into debt. I’d rather just do the meditation again than pay that large of a lump sum. Surprisingly, all this insight stuff improved my financial situation rather than weakening it, because it oriented me toward living better, and that includes earning a decent income.
Are there any other relevant changes in presentation/subjective experience that stand out, e.g. Nick Cammarata reporting improved long-term memory but worsened short-term memory, or Daniel Ingram reporting increased reaction speed in clinical tests?
I’m autistic. That means I’m oversensitive to raw sensory stimula (loud noises, bright lights, rough clothing). More importantly, I’ve been socially handicapped for most of my life because I have had difficulty reading people.
Over the last year, this has changed. Firstly, my sensitivity to intense stimuli got much better (still not fully cured to human baseline). After that, my social handicap fixed itself across several months. Now I can read expressions and intentions at at least the neurotypical level. This has done wonders for my quality of life.
What is the amount of time you’d maximally spend (in terms of hours, fraction of the remaining duration of your life, &c) to attain the attainments you have now again, compared to baseline before awakening/starting to meditate/five years ago? Answer may include infinities or
undefinedorNaN, or be a vector.Same as question one, but now with a monetary value, again answer may include infinities or
undefinedorNaN.Have you noticed a reduction in sleep need compared to baseline?
Are there any other relevant changes in presentation/subjective experience that stand out, e.g. Nick Cammarata reporting improved long-term memory but worsened short-term memory, or Daniel Ingram reporting increased reaction speed in clinical tests?
Undefined. I have no clue because awakening is a tranformative experience. It’s not like a pretty necklace you can throw away. It’s a wrecking ball through your value system and perception of reality. And that goes both ways. Much of insight is noticing how precious certain things are (like calling my mom on the phone). If I lost my insights then I would forget how precious these things are, and that would decrease my motivation to get back to where I am right now.
Moreover, the time I spent meditating was a tiny fraction of the total cost. The real cost was the sacrifices—relinquishing attachment to things. That was awful to go through the first time, but I’d do them again in an instant if I had to.
Maybe all the money I have in the bank, but I wouldn’t want to go into debt. I’d rather just do the meditation again than pay that large of a lump sum. Surprisingly, all this insight stuff improved my financial situation rather than weakening it, because it oriented me toward living better, and that includes earning a decent income.
Yes. Approximately 1, maybe 2 hours.
I’m autistic. That means I’m oversensitive to raw sensory stimula (loud noises, bright lights, rough clothing). More importantly, I’ve been socially handicapped for most of my life because I have had difficulty reading people.
Over the last year, this has changed. Firstly, my sensitivity to intense stimuli got much better (still not fully cured to human baseline). After that, my social handicap fixed itself across several months. Now I can read expressions and intentions at at least the neurotypical level. This has done wonders for my quality of life.