Hi all, first time posting here but using it more as a log and launchpad for discussion for myself :). I was practicing in stage 6 of tmi, experiencing jhana momentarily once in a while but mostly focusing on strengthening exclusive attention and MIA. I had an “insight” experience last week, not while meditating, but just driving trying to understand the meaning of meaning and finding nothing solid my mind could grasp on to. Since this experience my sits regressed, like the op and I’m back in stage 2.

I found my experience of awareness to be much much stronger despite being in stage 2ish? It feels incredibly spacious and yet I’m having trouble maintaining attentional stability. I’ll set an intention to follow the breath and within a few breaths it’s gone. It feel significantly different to previous practices in stage 4 in that I do not feel as if I am in any kind of dullness, in fact quite the opposite - I feel incredibly energetic and aware, just totally unable to stabilize my attention for more than very short spans of time.

I’m not too worried about the regression, just practicing in whatever stage my mind finds itself in but it is quite interesting finding myself back in the earlier stages with significantly more energy and drive than I had when I started.