Hello Tony, it looks like you continue to make progress in your attainment of absorption (jhana, samadhi). Several people on this listserve have found, like...
Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats....
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A Proposed Unified Theory for Altered States of Consciousness http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/transitionalabsorption.htm Abstract: An anthropological view...
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JSG Simplified Guidelines for Conduct 1) Please avoid violent communication 2) Please no flame wars or personal attacks on other members 3) Please no SPAM, or...
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Hello Michael and thank-you for expressing your interest in my work and my ideas and experiences in meditation. I too was concerned about being able to get...
This guy sounds like he might be of interest to some of the members of our group: -Rudolf Steiner- From his decision to "go public" in 1899 until his death in...
Hello friends, I spent the day yesterday laying out and having printed a series of signs, posters and a business card for my poster presentation this Wednesday...
It's Time, eh Jeff? Everyone adding their own to the great shift about to take place in the mass consciousness. It's already begun. Blessings of Love Anna ... ...
Hello Anna, and thank-you for expressing your kind support. Yes, I agree it is time for mass consciousness; however, we have been here before, Mohamed, Jesus,...
I dunno, Jeff, this time around, with the advent of mass and instant communication, "the truth is out there", available through endless sources. Old ways die...
Hello Anna, the point is, while a lot of New Age stuff has been around for more than 40 years, and Asian religions have been teaching their stuff for thousands...
My point, Jeff what seems to be "out there" is, like the Campbell's soup, commercial, "it's... in there". There is only Here... once the seeming inside and...
Anna, that was beautifully said. I get a lot of comfort also from knowing that I am not the only one and finally, finally in my life feeling at least a small...
Dear Han Whee, What is Satipatthana Vipassana? From where do you get the manual/ method? metta, Max ... From: han_whee <han_whee@...> Date: Monday, April...
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Hello friends, I am leaving for a conference in UK Sat. The conference will include papers on Buddhist faith traditions. These papers will be available online...
Thought this was worth sharing A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, 'How heavy is this glass of...
Hi to all I haven't felt any symptoms till last sunday, I was ringing a little bell, that sounded strong, and I felt a kind of vertigo with a chest pressure...
Dear Friend, Orthodox Buddism makes a strong point of avoiding Samatha in favor of "vipassana." We here on the Jhana support list are well aware of this bias....
IF pali canon is still available, accessible, why not follow the teaching of Buddha? ( Granted some errors in the translation could be questionable ) IF what...
Jill I meant if that was normal in the process of the Jhanas, the Kundalini energy have awakened years back, and I know its not the K, I felt the K symptoms...
Hi, Don't really understand your post. I don't see any difference between kundalini and jhanas. Sometimes, one would feel a metallic taste in the mouth while...
The purpose of K/jhanas to to enjoy the experiences... whatever comes up. ....to live life whole/holy without fear, without regret, without question. This is...
... comes up. ... question. ... Great words to live by Anna. I wholeheartedly agree. Questioning is okay though, so long as one does not hold one's breath on...
... I like all those, but I'd amend this one to add: And some just don't fit in the box. So be whatever crayon you want to be, regardless of whether you...
Our life IS the answer to the question who am I? Metta, Anna ... From: palexandriad To: Jhanas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 1:16 PM Subject:...
Dear Neli, You make a distinction between jhana and K. Could you elaborate because I have never really been clear on whatt Kundalini really is. I feel...