wasting power of...............................122

as Factor of Enlightenment................38

emptiness.................................................28

as factor of third jhana.....................142

as not 8th jhana................................163

culminating in fourth jhana..............143

as not nothingness....................162, 164

defined...............................................47

chapter on........................................245

in formless realms............................159

checklist for......................................247

in the Dark Night.............................231

defined...............................................28

vs. indifference...................................50

misuse of term..................................101

evangelism....................................................

shunyata............................................321

post A&P..........................................181

teachings of and myocardial infarctions

exercise........................................................

....................................................329

eliminating stuff vs. split...................323

Index

exercises.......................................................

on my third retreat...........................236

front and back of head.......................22

formless realms......................................159

investigating emotions......................120

and Nirodha samapatti.....................353

investigating thoughts.........................23

post fruition......................................130

investigation of breath........................23

Four Noble Truths......................................

investigation of suffering.....................27

defined...............................................60

our favorite half of reality.................310

desire, cause of suffering....................62

two fingers..........................................22

Noble Eightfold Path.........................66

existence.......................................................

Four Path Model.........................................

continuity of.......................................17

problems with...................................279

experiential reality........................................

fourth path...................................................

defined...............................................17

defilements and................................275

Extinction Models.................................316

fractals....................................................177

eyelids flickering....................................137

and Khabbala...................................227

faith..............................................................

and the Four Path Model................226

and the maps....................................169

obsession with..................................256

as Spiritual Faculty.............................34

Twelfth Path and..............................256

balancing with wisdom.......................34

vipassana jhanas and........................225