Jhana and visualization practices

Andy, modified 3 Years ago at 5/22/21 1:53 PM
Created 3 Years ago at 5/22/21 1:53 PM

Jhana and visualization practices

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Has anyone here ever tried diety visualization or any other type of visualization practice while in jhana? I just tried this, and while it does tend to weaken absoprtion, it seems there could be some interesting utility to this.
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Jim Smith, modified 3 Years ago at 5/23/21 12:27 AM
Created 3 Years ago at 5/23/21 12:25 AM

RE: Jhana and visualization practices

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Andy
Has anyone here ever tried diety visualization or any other type of visualization practice while in jhana? I just tried this, and while it does tend to weaken absoprtion, it seems there could be some interesting utility to this.


I do something related but not visualization, just connecting with God (whatever your conception of God is just hold that concept in your mind - for some people it could be a mental image, for me it's just the idea of the entity that the word "God" brings to mind).

I do this sometimes for jhana, sometimes for metta.

It's interesting to send out metta and have 1000 times more coming back at you than you send out.

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