CONFORMITY – 12th Stage of Insights

Conformity means that we suddenly flash onto a way of

perceiving the whole of our experiential reality completely, directly,

and perfectly clearly.

We attain to Conformity Knowledge, in which we effortlessly, naturally,

simultaneously, and totally comprehend two of the three characteristics –

Impermanence, Dissatisfactoriness, and No-self

of our entire sense field including space, consciousness,

and everything else in that volume as an integrated whole.

Meditation master Bill Hamilton used to describe Conformity as

the moment when all of the centers of attention in the brain

suddenly synchronize and converge perfectly on one complete moment.

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This song is performed in the Hawaiian slack key of D Wahine.

View on YouTube with inspiring Hawaiian Sailing Photos

From my

SeaPasana

The Progress of Insight

Inspired by Daniel Ingram’s book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha,

With this section “The progress of Insight”

Inspired by Mahasi Sayadaw

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The Start of 2020

Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.

After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.

Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.

We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.