... exact do 'you' do that? Do you watch the breath at the nostrils and so on? ... Dear Adam, Having just read your post on tips to meditate I would say that...
Hey Sand, I am alway interested in other peoples first person experiences and inferences; I don't think there is any right way in life, such that there...
It struck me the other day that the Fourth Jhana (Equanimity let's say for short) could be cognate with what Seng T'san talks about in the famous early Ch'an...
Hey George, I could be way off here, but I believe Jhanananda (jeff) has stated in his bio that he exists in perpetual fourth jhana and goes right through into...
... stated in his bio that he exists in perpetual fourth jhana and goes right through into 8th in his meditations; so I think you are perfectly correct. In...
... From: P. George Stewart To: Jhanas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:01 AM Subject: [Jhanas] Re: The Jhanas - only while in seated...
A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE SANTA BARBARA INSTITUTE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS & SHAMBHALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Help us explore the human...
One of my favourite nondualist writers ever, Scott Morrison http://www.openmindopenheart.org/ You Are the World Yesterday we went into the difference between...
Dear George, ... _access_ the Jhana states, is there anywhere in the Buddha's words where it says these states are specifically only attained in deep trance in...
Hello friends the GWV is interested in researching meditative absorption (gnosis, shamatha, jhana, samadhi) and its associated phenomena. Any research project...
Jeff the GUI for the 'submit' button didn't seem to work when I entered my data into your webform. Maybe it was because I was using Mozilla Firefox, but I...
Hello friends Eva, Era and Dave, yes of course I checked that the form works, and in fact it works great on my computer and I am running Firefox. So, I am not...
Hello, folks: I'm cutting back on my computer time and will not be reading any of Jeff's lists any longer. If anyone wishes to continue any ongoing threads, ...
Hello Ramon, you will be missed. Thank-you ever so much for being an active member of the GWV listserves for almost 2 years. Thank-you also for allowing me...
Hi Jonathan, I tried to write you and googled your email - but I suspect you've long since disappeared from this Jhana board... your post was from 2003... ...
... first ... here in ... technique. ... do ... sensation. ... of ... with ... very ... lucid ... found ... shell ... was ... turn. ... Namaste Jonathan, I...
Hello dear friends, Jhanananda, and all, I thought I'd write to you seeking some input as my contemplative experience has changed significantly again. I'm not...
Hi Bill, I thought I would give some imput of what I know. The rocking motion of the kriyas is usually circular in motion. That is how energy move. It tends to...
Hi Bill, I believe that what you are seeing during that "lucid dreaming" stage is your past and future. This phenomena will only be temprorary. Sam ...
The following is excerpt from an Experience of Meditation (July 23, 2004) http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/experiencemeditation.htm Additional information...
Hello dear friend Alton, you are certainly welcome to quote and post freely from my websites. Everything that I have written is there. With respect to your...
Hello friend Jonathan, thank-you ever so much for posting your charismatic experiences here. Over the three and a half years since this list started we have...
Hello dear friend Nirodha, it is excellent to hear you are "burning on the inside." This is not so commonly reported by contemplatives, however, your ...
Hello dear friends, Anna, Sam, Jhanananda and others, Thanks for your input. Anna, I figured someone would get a laugh out of my breaking up chairs, which is...
I appreciate the openness of comments. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for the following: --during a recent three day vipassana retreat, I was falling...
Hello ... Are you building a rainbow body ? :) I'm wondering can we, those of us who sit in meditation agree on at least one mutual time to meditate as a group...
Hello dear friend Nirodha, I too have had a lot of heat for the last 33 contemplative years. In the winter my now ex-consecutive wives used to appreciate how...
... last 33 ... used to ... before dawn, I ... the Bolinas ... point. Then I ... beach. Upon my ... cloths off and ... that it hurt ... sweeping me ... ...
