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[nico]

There is a technique for achieving this state of consciousness, it’s called noting

This is an awareness that advanced meditators seek, practice and develop to perceive “reality as it is”

If you are curious, you might find related discussions, and a great welcoming community at r/streamentry on Reddit

Also the book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha talks about it quite a bit, including instructions on how to do it

[jprete → nico]

Noting is very useful as long as you remember not to do it all the time.

[0xdeadbeefbabe → jprete]

If you don't remember then what? Stack overflow? Heap overflow?

[jondwillis → nico]

Is this different from Dzoghchen buddhism?

[nico → jondwillis]

Noting is just a meditation technique

You might also call it an exercise for insight practice

There are multiple traditions that use noting or similar techniques for insight practice (maybe with different names)

Can’t vouch for this thread, as I just found it, but here’s a related discussion (Dzogchen vs Vipassana) https://www.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/comments/9t3095/dzogchen_v...