Inevitable... As we increase our ability to offer less resistance to the inevitable cycles of life... we will find ourselves moving with more frequency and...
Hello ODW: Thanks for the explanation. I know it's not your usual type of post and your correct I didn't see a "winking smiley" at the end of your post. Best...
... Hello-- I checked out that link and could find no references to using drums to induce out-of-body experiences / astral projection. Also tried putting...
Dear Jeff: In the Theravada tradition, not all Bhikkhu's practice Jhanas (Samatha). The reason given was that Samatha could lead one to land the most in Brahma...
Hello everyone, First at all, thank Jeffrey, Maug for the help with my previous doubts, the links were very helpful. May i share other experience with you? :-)...
I went to see The Living Light House in Santa Monica Beach this morning and met Millennium Twain -it was a very uplifting holy experience Millennium is a true...
Interesting story TR, this is the experience of shamata, or tranquillity. There are many paths that lead to tranquillity, however there seems to be a rapidly...
Hello Vacchagotta and Neoncrunch, excellent points, one should also realize software is only as good, or insightful as the programmer who wrote the code. Why ...
Hello TR, while I have been conflating the terms of absorption and ecstasy, and avoiding the term 'trance' I did enjoy and agree with your definition of...
Hello Jeff and Thomas: Thank you for your responses to this question. I wanted to give your reply some thought Thomas. The word trance is one that I have...
Free Will... The greatest challenge that faces mankind... is to learn to perfect the ability to direct its own actions through the process of "right"...
Hi Jeff, Would you consider or have already you put together a "Jhana Manual"? If not, is there any one book that you personally consider to the definative...
Happy Vesak Day to each and everyone of you. My most sincere well wishes to all of you. A special thanks to you that have offered me metta and support over the...
Dear Friends: Please let me present you several stages of trance: The meaning of trance, ecstasy or rapture should be used properly by people who had gone...
The recent discussion of the meaning of trance made me curious to check out the etymology of the word. I believe somebody guessed that it comes from...
Hello Sue, I would like to put my fork on this topic. I personally regard Christianity as a corruption of true spirituality. Basically, a religion which did...
Hello Luis, it is excellent to see you on the JSG again. I am sorry to hear about your difficulties with meditation. I can only say I believe you have come...
Hello Pranav and old_dead_wood, I am glad you two are exploring right livelihood. I am sure it is a noble venture, and I do not want to discourage you. ...
Friends: Happy Vesak tomorrow 4/5 2004! On this very day 2534 years ago on the fulmoon night of May, the Gotama Buddha was Perfectly Self-Awakened! Such was...
Olá thomas I found this page looking for english versions of the works of carminha levy. In portuguese pages, i think, she talks about the power of drums. My ...
olá This is a good manner to divide the stages of trance, but it appears made for someone that didnt experienced the trance. It appears a division "out" the...
Commitment as a refuge while passing through the long lonely valley the dark night of the soul I was recently reminded of one of the essential principles of...
Jhanas in Orthodox Theravadan Buddhism Hello Maung, yes I am aware of the various beliefs you speak of in orthodox Theravadan Buddhism, but as I have already...
Hello Luis, and thank-you for your interesting question about light balls. The truth is we live in a sea of beings and light and energy. When one becomes ...
Based upon the reading you have provided for us of the word 'trance' one could make an arguement for the word 'trance' being a disription of a nonmaterial ...
Hello Bill, no I have not found a definitive manual on absorption (jhana), so I am in the process of writing one. I hope to have it finished by the end of...
Hello Vacchagotta and thank-you for your excellent research. I believe it is very important for the ecstatic contemplative community to take possession of the...
Hi Everyone I noticed Eryu posted this on Mysticwalk. I thought some of you would like to ponder what Ken has to say about absorption states. In same ways I ...
Hello Maung Paw: Thank you for your reply. I read your response with interest because we are coming from different cultures. And it is indeed interesting to ...
