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Brahmaviharas A place to specifically discuss the practice of the Divine Abodes of Loving-kindness, Sympathetic Joy, Compassion and Equanimity.	0	13	116	RSS (Opens New Window)
Kasinas A place to post about kasina practices and using external objects as support for concentration.	0	49	355	RSS (Opens New Window)

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A General, All Purpose Jhana Thread		Ian And	35	96244	Date: 10/26/10 12:49 AM By: Ian And	RSS (Opens New Window)
Inner lights, getting crazy		Gregor	3	201	Date: 1/23/20 7:34 AM By: Gregor	RSS (Opens New Window)
Hesychasm		Matthew Jon Rousseau	9	499	Date: 12/20/19 11:57 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
Using Pranayama to access Jhana		Rumblebuffen	1	196	Date: 12/19/19 10:06 PM By: Rumblebuffen	RSS (Opens New Window)
Soft Jhana Thread		Jim Smith	56	5918	Date: 12/19/19 3:50 AM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhana afterglow		Matthew Jon Rousseau	3	236	Date: 12/13/19 12:39 PM By: Ian And	RSS (Opens New Window)
Fear Arising	Waiting for an Answer	adam Girouard	3	263	Date: 12/5/19 1:28 AM By: adam Girouard	RSS (Opens New Window)
Dipa Ma's Concentration Practice	Waiting for an Answer	Dixon Hill	8	598	Date: 12/4/19 1:13 PM By: Jake Frankfurt Middenhall	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhana Question (Shaking)		Andy	7	429	Date: 12/3/19 10:41 PM By: Andy	RSS (Opens New Window)
Guided meditation	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	324	Date: 12/2/19 9:21 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
Form to Formless		Michial N	9	478	Date: 12/1/19 10:58 PM By: Jake Frankfurt Middenhall	RSS (Opens New Window)
Concentration practice	Waiting for an Answer	Christopher Kit Maddox	7	1114	Date: 11/30/19 12:50 PM By: Pell	Actions RSS (Opens New Window) Move to the Recycle Bin
How is the PoI different for jhana practitioners?	Waiting for an Answer	Matthijs van Leeuwen	3	325	Date: 11/28/19 11:45 AM By: Noah D	RSS (Opens New Window)
Can samatha focus help ADD and low dopamine?		Fred Andreas Ligaard	17	1150	Date: 11/24/19 2:53 PM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Is goenka a cult?	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	20	1137	Date: 11/24/19 6:55 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
measuring concentration with Sustained Attention Response Task (SART)?		Daniel Long Sockwell	1	253	Date: 11/21/19 12:57 PM By: Daniel Long Sockwell	RSS (Opens New Window)
2 1 hour sittings dont cut it		Matthew Jon Rousseau	15	1173	Date: 11/21/19 9:18 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Leigh Brasington: Don't breathe?		Jack	12	1037	Date: 11/20/19 3:29 PM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Heart rate or other biometrics during concentration (jhānas)	Waiting for an Answer	Daniel Long Sockwell	7	676	Date: 11/19/19 10:41 PM By: Dada Kind	RSS (Opens New Window)
Mantra: Setting yourself up for success		Jack	5	577	Date: 11/19/19 7:18 PM By: Jack	RSS (Opens New Window)
Noting in anapasati practice		Matthew Jon Rousseau	4	385	Date: 11/19/19 3:45 AM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
What should I do next to achieve jhana	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	493	Date: 11/15/19 11:34 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
Actionlessness		Lasse	1	198	Date: 11/14/19 6:03 PM By: Lasse	RSS (Opens New Window)
Anupada Sutta		curious	33	1803	Date: 11/14/19 11:34 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
jhana and equanimity		Brian	2	228	Date: 11/14/19 4:17 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
OK GUYS IM JOINING .MCTB NOW MY MAIN TEXT FOR LIVING		Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	737	Date: 11/9/19 12:41 PM By: Daniel M. Ingram	RSS (Opens New Window)
Silly jhana question	Resolved	Matthew Jon Rousseau	7	592	Date: 11/8/19 4:14 PM By: Dustin	RSS (Opens New Window)
How would someone describe acess concentration	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	9	656	Date: 11/7/19 12:59 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Are these glimpses of concentration	Resolved	Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	463	Date: 10/31/19 11:59 AM By: Mista Tibbs	RSS (Opens New Window)
Awareness of Awareness - Shamatha jhanas?	Waiting for an Answer	Dixon Hill	10	784	Date: 10/28/19 11:32 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Cycling 8 jhanas - the real thing?		Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	45	3199	Date: 10/21/19 2:04 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhanas & The Witness post 2nd path?		Bagpuss The Gnome	3	486	Date: 10/16/19 7:02 AM By: Noah D	RSS (Opens New Window)
Sitting meditation length to achieve jhana	Resolved	Matthew Jon Rousseau	11	1014	Date: 10/14/19 4:43 PM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
How jhana equates to raja yoga	Resolved	Matthew Jon Rousseau	3	347	Date: 10/14/19 7:22 AM By: Kim Katami	RSS (Opens New Window)
Choosing an Object of Concentration	Waiting for an Answer	David	3	434	Date: 10/9/19 1:46 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Fire Kasina questions....		TJ	6	568	Date: 10/4/19 12:16 PM By: TJ	RSS (Opens New Window)
My first post - concentration experience and question		Daniel Hanszmann	3	341	Date: 10/3/19 6:51 PM By: Daniel Hanszmann	Actions Permissions RSS (Opens New Window)
Access Concentration of 1st Jhana?	Waiting for an Answer	Lee	11	7380	Date: 10/1/19 1:41 AM By: Kevin	RSS (Opens New Window)
Mental Fatigue	Waiting for an Answer	Fastlane	4	286	Date: 9/23/19 9:22 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Using Metta to enter Jhana?		Matt 0983	31	1963	Date: 9/16/19 8:04 AM By: Matt 0983	RSS (Opens New Window)
Anapanasati: what’s the correct way to focus on breath?	Waiting for an Answer	david	4	717	Date: 9/14/19 9:11 PM By: Dream Walker	RSS (Opens New Window)
Was that a Nimitta?	Resolved	Ricky Lee Nuthman	7	1657	Date: 9/11/19 7:59 PM By: Ricky Lee Nuthman	RSS (Opens New Window)
Need Help! Sleep issues.		Yash	10	958	Date: 8/25/19 10:38 PM By: svmonk	RSS (Opens New Window)
Can't concentrate and relax at the same time?	Resolved	Jack	19	1116	Date: 8/23/19 8:53 AM By: TJ	RSS (Opens New Window)
A fun optical illusion site		Shaun Steelgrave	1	224	Date: 8/21/19 7:18 PM By: Shaun Steelgrave	RSS (Opens New Window)
RE: Developing a new access concentration from scratch		Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	2	367	Date: 8/19/19 9:29 PM By: Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	RSS (Opens New Window)
4th Jhana writes peace onto the mind		Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	1	244	Date: 8/15/19 2:40 PM By: Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	RSS (Opens New Window)
Brain waves discovery		Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	8	693	Date: 8/13/19 5:11 AM By: Daniel M. Ingram	RSS (Opens New Window)
Vibration with breath work		aluna veil	2	404	Date: 7/23/19 2:44 AM By: tom moylan	RSS (Opens New Window)
Michael Taft Retreat -- August 30th to September 4th 2019		shannon	2	473	Date: 7/20/19 10:08 AM By: Chris Marti	RSS (Opens New Window)
Pressure/tension in diaphragm	Waiting for an Answer	Alessandro	1	363	Date: 7/16/19 3:33 AM By: Alessandro	RSS (Opens New Window)
Mantra&Vipassana		Dustin	7	1140	Date: 7/13/19 10:47 PM By: J C	RSS (Opens New Window)
Mantras		Kalle Spolander	4	451	Date: 6/29/19 12:46 AM By: Jordi	RSS (Opens New Window)
Going Blank	Waiting for an Answer	Paul Atherton	17	953	Date: 6/20/19 7:30 PM By: james	RSS (Opens New Window)
Cant overcome stage 5 TMI "subtle dullness"		Mateusz	21	1734	Date: 6/19/19 5:04 PM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
"Tension" between eyes during prolonged Samatha	Waiting for an Answer	Silas Day	5	648	Date: 6/18/19 8:01 AM By: Yuki Saka	RSS (Opens New Window)
Clearing obstacles to practice (rather than practicing.		Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	1	316	Date: 6/17/19 8:39 PM By: Sleeping Buddha Syndrome	RSS (Opens New Window)
Concentration lapse on Mahasi retreat		fdsafdsfsdf	8	557	Date: 6/9/19 9:25 AM By: Ward Law	RSS (Opens New Window)
What is the breath object? Vipassana: useful for concentration?	Resolved	Jack	7	735	Date: 6/3/19 11:36 AM By: John H	RSS (Opens New Window)
Metta jhana question		Ben V.	6	705	Date: 5/23/19 6:42 AM By: shargrol	RSS (Opens New Window)
Dream like visions		Kalle Spolander	2	421	Date: 5/22/19 1:36 PM By: terry	RSS (Opens New Window)
Hollow Body Formless Jhana		curious	4	546	Date: 5/10/19 3:01 PM By: curious	RSS (Opens New Window)
Formless Realms and Lucid Dreaming		Daniel M. Ingram	15	1292	Date: 5/6/19 6:06 PM By: Milo	RSS (Opens New Window)
Pure land jhanas?		Jake Frankfurt Middenhall	4	844	Date: 4/22/19 10:48 PM By: Jake Frankfurt Middenhall	RSS (Opens New Window)
Shamatha & Vipassana		James Tatham	2	661	Date: 4/19/19 3:12 PM By: Daniel M. Ingram	RSS (Opens New Window)
Point of concentration?		itsuki	8	857	Date: 4/12/19 12:43 PM By: Andromeda	RSS (Opens New Window)
Wall of Shamatha: My Concentration	Resolved	Silas Day	4	686	Date: 4/8/19 1:08 PM By: tom moylan	RSS (Opens New Window)
Absorption beyond concepts or dullness?		Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	27	2484	Date: 3/28/19 7:50 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Sudden shift in perspective		Maarten	10	909	Date: 3/27/19 2:18 PM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Concentration and Insomnia	Waiting for an Answer	Mitchell H Kronenberg	6	869	Date: 3/27/19 3:11 AM By: Maarten	RSS (Opens New Window)
ADHD/training attention without meds	Waiting for an Answer	Fastlane	3	625	Date: 3/26/19 11:52 AM By: Fastlane	RSS (Opens New Window)
Suddenly more difficult		Bob No No	4	668	Date: 3/25/19 7:31 PM By: F V	RSS (Opens New Window)
Flickering awareness?	Resolved	Luke	9	819	Date: 3/21/19 1:09 PM By: Luke	RSS (Opens New Window)
Which book on Jhanas?	Waiting for an Answer	Dhamma_no_drama	6	1032	Date: 3/7/19 6:46 PM By: BeeBoop	RSS (Opens New Window)
Progress with insight		Billy T	10	1127	Date: 2/11/19 3:51 AM By: Jordi	RSS (Opens New Window)

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