“(I typically closed my eyes briefly and generated a small pleasurable feeling.)”—could you explain a little further how to do this? I’m not good at this at all and I think it would be an extremely useful skill for me. Apologies if you’ve answered this elsewhere.
It’s hard to describe, but I’ll try to list a few details and hopefully that narrows things down:
I can only do it eyes closed.
It’s wordless.
It feels like an inward, mental smile.
I let go of tensions in parts of my body.
The feeling itself still has some kind of tension, concentrated around the eyes and forehead.
These are just some characteristics, not what I’ve optimized for. My intent is just “manufacture some pleasure” and that’s what my brain comes up with.
Hope that helps. If you have more specific questions I can try to answer those!
“(I typically closed my eyes briefly and generated a small pleasurable feeling.)”—could you explain a little further how to do this? I’m not good at this at all and I think it would be an extremely useful skill for me. Apologies if you’ve answered this elsewhere.
It’s hard to describe, but I’ll try to list a few details and hopefully that narrows things down:
I can only do it eyes closed.
It’s wordless.
It feels like an inward, mental smile.
I let go of tensions in parts of my body.
The feeling itself still has some kind of tension, concentrated around the eyes and forehead.
These are just some characteristics, not what I’ve optimized for. My intent is just “manufacture some pleasure” and that’s what my brain comes up with.
Hope that helps. If you have more specific questions I can try to answer those!
Thank you! I’ll work on that and see if I have any other questions.