Guided meditation - Discussion
Guided meditation
Matthew Jon Rousseau, muokattu 4 Vuodet sitten at 1.12.2019 12:29
Created 4 Vuodet ago at 1.12.2019 12:27
Guided meditation
Viestejä: 70 Liittymispäivä: 6.10.2019 Viimeisimmät viestit
Are guided meditations usefull at all as far as attaining jhana or lower Insights?? I'm assuming there not. I would think it would be more of a light hypnosis more than anything. But not true meditation in the Buddhist sense.
Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö, muokattu 4 Vuodet sitten at 1.12.2019 16:39
Created 4 Vuodet ago at 1.12.2019 16:39
RE: Guided meditation
Viestejä: 7134 Liittymispäivä: 8.12.2018 Viimeisimmät viestitMatthew Jon Rousseau, muokattu 4 Vuodet sitten at 2.12.2019 7:59
Created 4 Vuodet ago at 2.12.2019 7:59
RE: Guided meditation
Viestejä: 70 Liittymispäivä: 6.10.2019 Viimeisimmät viestitBeautiful ”Polly Ester”:
That's kind of like asking if plants are eatable. Some are, some are not.
Know of any that help get to jhana 1?
Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö, muokattu 4 Vuodet sitten at 2.12.2019 9:04
Created 4 Vuodet ago at 2.12.2019 9:04
RE: Guided meditation
Viestejä: 7134 Liittymispäivä: 8.12.2018 Viimeisimmät viestit
For me they have never been like a cookcook recipe that always leads to the same results, so I can't say that. I do know that I have gotten into jhanas by listening to Bhante Gunaratana, though, so that might be something to try. On youtube you can find jhana retreats with him. He teaches hard jhana, but I got into light jhanas by listening to his guided metta meditations from the jhana retreat, probably because the timing was right for that particular kind of guidance at that particular point in my practice.
Matthew Jon Rousseau, muokattu 4 Vuodet sitten at 2.12.2019 9:21
Created 4 Vuodet ago at 2.12.2019 9:21
RE: Guided meditation
Viestejä: 70 Liittymispäivä: 6.10.2019 Viimeisimmät viestit
Thankyou so much Linda. I've been doing soft jhana practice braisingtons style .I think I reached access concentration.