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Question--I have been contemplating what Sifu said about feelings-- like, don't like, don't know. I noticed a facebook post from Alicia saying something about feelings aren't facts, and Sifu said they are optional. Honestly, this 'bothered' me, because I don't think I should just pretend like my feelings are unimportant or don't exist. So, I ended up looking up the definition of "feeling." I found several, and most of them related the word feeling with the sense of touch or some other physical sensation. Then I thought, well, maybe he means there are 3 kinds of judgments. Could you guys please help me understand this better?

This last Saturday was the Brain Boot Camp event, which was essentially going all day doing periods of open awareness meditation, punctuated by shorter periods of walking meditation.  There were only a couple of short breaks for tea, and one longer one for lunch.  Other than that, we went all day from 8:30ish to 5:00 p.m.  I haven't meditated that extensively in one day in years, and it was an interesting and layered experience.

Open awareness meditation is a fairly new method for me.  I've only done it a few times before with Kelley.  Most of my years of meditation experience are based in Indian Buddhist methods, namely Anapana (breath awareness) meditation, and then Vipassana, sometimes called Insight Meditation.  This method is supposedly the technique taught by the Buddha.

I did Vipassana meditation most every day for years, including two 10 day silent retreats, and I liked the method quite a bit.  I think I was gaining a good bit if mental clarity and insight, and my mind definitely did quiet down significantly,