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StickyA General, All Purpose Jhana Thread Ian And 35 50768 Date: 10/20/13 3:18 AM
By: Modus Ponens
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Mapping Metta practice, first try bernd the broter 7 421 Date: 10/19/14 5:48 PM
By: J J
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Did I almost reach jhana? I got scared... rich r a 8 241 Date: 10/19/14 4:19 PM
By: Jane Laurel Carrington
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An interesting discovery re: concentration always leading up the maps Waiting for an Answer bill of the wandering mind 1 81 Date: 10/18/14 11:59 AM
By: bill of the wandering mind
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What if breathing isn't pleasurable? rich r a 7 294 Date: 10/17/14 9:17 PM
By: rich r a
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What is the most efficient way of practicing metta? Resolved Shaun Ivan Muzic 20 1147 Date: 10/13/14 6:26 PM
By: Colleen Karalee Peltomaa
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What else is there to obtain except Jhanas and Anatta? John 9 656 Date: 10/10/14 10:22 AM
By: Martin Petersen
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Eyes open meditation Resolved R 14 519 Date: 10/8/14 9:08 AM
By: R
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Just Started Kasina practice - How am I doing? Waiting for an Answer Piers M 36 1479 Date: 10/7/14 9:02 AM
By: Chris J Macie
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Scientific research on the Jhanas PÃ¥l 5 335 Date: 10/7/14 3:15 AM
By: Chris J Macie
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Grainy Screen John 7 366 Date: 9/29/14 1:42 PM
By: John
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"Childhood" Awareness of Breathing Eric M W 2 189 Date: 9/21/14 7:32 PM
By: katy steger
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What happened? John 5 331 Date: 9/20/14 10:36 PM
By: katy steger
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THE MYSTERY OF THE BREATH NIMITTA OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SIMILE Dream Walker 2 298 Date: 9/17/14 2:10 PM
By: Not Tao
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Concentrated Brahmavihara Techniques Braxton 4 359 Date: 9/13/14 10:16 PM
By: Braxton
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Achieving Shamatha? masa 10 833 Date: 9/11/14 11:22 PM
By: Daniel M. Ingram
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Drowsy / Spleepiness in meditation. Matt 0983 12 594 Date: 9/11/14 11:32 AM
By: Colleen Karalee Peltomaa
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vipassana and jhanas in the body and in the mind Julie V 2 252 Date: 9/8/14 11:55 PM
By: Dream Walker
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Awareness on Sound Change A. 3 263 Date: 9/7/14 9:44 PM
By: Change A.
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Continuity and Frequency of Awareness old dried leaf 14 744 Date: 9/2/14 12:24 AM
By: John Wilde
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iPhone Flashlight Kasina Edd 7 462 Date: 9/1/14 2:57 PM
By: Noah Starbuck
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Danger of Jhanas Being Ungrounded Noah Starbuck 7 616 Date: 9/1/14 2:53 PM
By: Noah Starbuck
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Brick wall during meditation John 10 953 Date: 8/29/14 12:42 AM
By: masa
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Question about Kasina Practice Brian K. 6 345 Date: 8/26/14 5:34 AM
By: Daniel M. Ingram
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Balancing Concentration, Metta & Insight Waiting for an Answer Mark 22 1435 Date: 8/26/14 2:53 AM
By: Mark
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Anapanasati and Intensity of One Pointedness Bagpuss The Gnome 34 9561 Date: 8/19/14 5:23 PM
By: Dream Walker
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How does concentration develop over time? Waiting for an Answer Daniel Andersen Thorson 5 459 Date: 8/19/14 2:41 PM
By: Alex L.
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Jhana Question Jake WM 8 386 Date: 8/16/14 7:45 PM
By: Eric M W
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Bliss block? Concentration and our Stuff? Waiting for an Answer Droll Dedekind 16 1384 Date: 8/15/14 10:13 PM
By: Adam Dietrich Ringle
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Improvement of awareness and concentration skills with fasting, aurélien berthomé 18 3748 Date: 8/4/14 10:12 PM
By: _
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Somatic Metta William Golden Finch 7 527 Date: 8/3/14 9:29 PM
By: William Golden Finch
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4th jhana Thor Jackson 4 3515 Date: 8/3/14 3:47 PM
By: Megan Key
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Schizophrenia, meditation and energy up the spine. Matt 0983 20 801 Date: 8/2/14 4:27 PM
By: Matt 0983
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Noting as Substitute for Concentration? Jason Snyder 3 310 Date: 8/2/14 12:52 PM
By: Jason Snyder
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Mapping the 8 jhanas to the Tibetan 9 stages to calm-abiding Conor O'Higgins 13 3957 Date: 7/29/14 1:19 PM
By: Erik W
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Kasina vs breath j m m 6 383 Date: 7/16/14 5:48 AM
By: j m m
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Blinking during Concentration Practice Elijah Smith 5 453 Date: 7/12/14 6:47 PM
By: Elijah Smith
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No more Jhana Julian Aureliano 4 423 Date: 7/1/14 11:03 AM
By: Florian Weps
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Is this the way to bliss, peace, fullfillment and happiness? Fusions op 23 1651 Date: 6/27/14 11:50 PM
By: Perceptual Bliss
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Pureland Jhana Walkthroughs Transcribed Eric G 2 367 Date: 6/18/14 3:46 PM
By: Eric G
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love/metta or other less palpable targets Waiting for an Answer Sam s 10 828 Date: 6/17/14 7:20 AM
By: Sam s
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So much free time... Calm Abider 7 784 Date: 6/7/14 11:58 AM
By: sawfoot _
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Dreams after my attempts at jhana practice Waiting for an Answer Trial And Error 8 1398 Date: 6/1/14 1:15 AM
By: Eva M Nie
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Masochist ? Thor Jackson 7 664 Date: 5/24/14 8:25 PM
By: carrot top
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The second Jhana vs AF Waiting for an Answer Thor Jackson 4 616 Date: 5/22/14 4:56 PM
By: Not Tao
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xmen the future of men John Mckinstry 2 387 Date: 5/22/14 1:22 AM
By: Dream Walker
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Attention and Awareness: Some writings from Upasaka Culadasa Chris G 18 2350 Date: 5/16/14 10:20 AM
By: Andrew Mayer
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Nimitta and noses, eye opener No-Second-Arrow Z 2 439 Date: 5/8/14 2:14 PM
By: Dream Walker
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Sneaking into 5th jhana [Hazard J Gibbons] [MIGRATE] Migration 6.2 Daemon 1 167 Date: 5/7/14 5:14 AM
By: Migration 6.2 Daemon
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Loving-kindness and sinking feeling Waiting for an Answer Justin Michael Miller 5 804 Date: 4/20/14 7:05 AM
By: C C C
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Visualization practices for developing concentration Waiting for an Answer super fox 1 420 Date: 4/17/14 11:09 PM
By: super fox
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Problems with meditation Mike Pierce 9 1897 Date: 4/13/14 6:18 AM
By: Rob Njosnavelin
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spreading out meditation ian garner Myers 8 1136 Date: 4/2/14 10:59 PM
By: ian garner Myers
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Jhanas on Chakras Avi Craimer 4 979 Date: 4/2/14 4:18 AM
By: Nikolai .
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Teaching Samatha to an autistic teenager Hazard J Gibbons 14 1899 Date: 3/27/14 10:02 AM
By: Hazard J Gibbons
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Mind-state power beyond the jhana numbers Avi Craimer 8 1055 Date: 3/27/14 12:44 AM
By: Avi Craimer
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Was my experience A&P or a self induced altered state of consciousness? Waiting for an Answer Trial And Error 3 748 Date: 3/22/14 1:47 AM
By: Trial And Error
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Jhanas and brain waves PÃ¥l S. 10 6505 Date: 3/14/14 3:21 AM
By: sawfoot _
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Anyone know anything about ADHD and concentration? bill of the wandering mind 12 4606 Date: 3/13/14 11:21 PM
By: Ruby Gum
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Cutting Thoughts Jason Henson 6 973 Date: 3/13/14 1:28 PM
By: Ian And
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distinctions between Vipassana and the 2nd Samatha dhyana? old dried leaf 3 682 Date: 3/13/14 8:59 AM
By: old dried leaf
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Trouble focusing on the inner visual feild Avi Craimer 13 1645 Date: 3/13/14 4:56 AM
By: Paweł K
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Is concentration about forgetting and trusting? Mattias Wilhelm Stenberg 3 876 Date: 3/10/14 11:41 AM
By: Adam Dietrich Ringle
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Is the Nila kasina green or blue? John P 6 1852 Date: 3/5/14 9:34 PM
By: Avi Craimer
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Hands and arms disappear Resolved Tarick Bouhamidi 13 1275 Date: 3/4/14 1:15 PM
By: Tarick Bouhamidi
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frustration / access concentration Red Beard 21 3688 Date: 3/3/14 2:23 PM
By: Dream Walker
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Need help filling up my bath Jack Ellis 7 892 Date: 3/3/14 11:11 AM
By: Jack Ellis
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Newcomers Question on relation of Insight and Concentration Practice Resolved bill Ennis 3 857 Date: 2/20/14 2:00 PM
By: bill Ennis
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Question about how exactly to spend the split seconds during Samatha Iulian Doroftei 4 947 Date: 2/20/14 12:07 AM
By: Mind over easy
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Feelings that things dissolve james alexander ramos 8 1232 Date: 2/16/14 4:29 PM
By: Mattias Wilhelm Stenberg
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Is Nirvana a Jhana-like attainment? Adam Dietrich Ringle 11 2247 Date: 2/16/14 4:24 PM
By: Mattias Wilhelm Stenberg
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settled mind to one pointedness Waiting for an Answer shazan shazan shazan 6 1183 Date: 2/16/14 10:50 AM
By: Ian And
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Noting flickering phenomena Andrew Mayer 2 548 Date: 2/14/14 11:15 PM
By: Jason Snyder
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too much for me? fred more 14 2482 Date: 2/12/14 3:58 PM
By: A T M
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Picking a meditation subject and sticking with it? Mitchell K Hardy 2 1066 Date: 1/30/14 1:03 PM
By: J C
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