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u/budo- · 7 pointsr/MGTOW

Loneliness is a state of mind. You can read books on it by the psychotherapist Albert Ellis. There are people in relationships who feel lonely, because loneliness is a mental condition, not based on anything external.

Furthermore, why are you attached to women or people in general? Does your happiness depend on the external?

There is a difference between having a desire, and then being attached to a desire. Attachment means that when the desire cannot be met you suffer as a result. For example, I enjoy food, but if today all I have is potatoes and some veggies I'm not going to lose my mind over it. Likewise, you can enjoy being social, but if there's no one to be social with it doesn't mean you lose your mind over it.

Your attachments to things lead to your suffering. I recommend you pick up a book on meditation, learn about the Jhanas, which is a mental state which you can arrive at through meditation which results in extremely high pleasure and joy that does not depend on the outside world. Furthermore the Jhanas clean your mind and get you off of your attachments and addictions. Here's a great book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Concentration-Practical-Guide-Jhanas/dp/1611802695

u/bewalsh · 3 pointsr/Meditation

I never consistently reached jhana 1 before i realized that 'watching the breath' doesn't mean manually breathing and paying attention to it. You let your body breathe the way it does when you're doing other things, but watch it.

I extra strongly suggest reading:

  1. The Mind Illuminated

  2. Right Concentration

    If you read these two books it will 100% without any doubt get you to jhana, zero questions, zero gimmicks. The fruit of reading these two for me is indescribable, I genuinely cannot communicate how big the payoff on this is.
u/swiskowski · 3 pointsr/Buddhism

I recommend reading Leigh Brasington's Right Concentration: A Practical Guide To The Jhanas

u/Carquinez · 3 pointsr/Meditation

You may find Leigh Brasington's instructions on jhana practice to be of some help. Here's a link to his book.

u/karna5_ · 2 pointsr/TheMindIlluminated

\> It seems the perfect time for deep consideration.

Yes, you are correct. Some buddhist teachers like Leigh Brasington make the argument that that is "Right Concentration" from the eight fold path i.e. stable concentration leads to jhanas (flow like states) and which are then conducive for insight meditation practices e.g. insight into annicca, dukkha and anatta (What is the self?).

TMI alludes to a similar process in the middle to later stages through jhana and still point/witness practices.

https://www.amazon.com/Right-Concentration-Practical-Guide-Jhanas/dp/1611802695

u/paulexander · 2 pointsr/Meditation

It sounds to me like your concentration and focus were on point, and with the inclusion of the tingling sensations, that you may very well have been on your way.

The focus/concentration are probably one of the two most important precursors to going into jhana, the other being full acceptance of everything, especially at the physical level.

If you're ever compelled to try to steer your meditation towards jhana again, I would recommend reading up on it. Leigh Brasington's book is highly regarded. He also has a handful of dharma talks available online as well.

Tread carefully, because this is one of those things that can become very vexing for some people in their efforts to recreate the experience.

u/CoachAtlus · 2 pointsr/streamentry

I have not practice extensively with metta, but /u/Share-metta might be able to provide some pointers. He had a helpful thread on this subject a few weeks ago, here. Leigh Brasington, in his book Right Concentration discusses various appropriate objects for developing concentration and cultivating the jhanas, including metta.

u/mojo-power · 1 pointr/nonduality

Check the Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas, it's also available at b-ok.cc. Try to practice this one and the silent illumination (dry insight) at the same time - morning first one, evening another, or maybe one day - jhanas, another day - illumination. This worked for many.

u/xabaddonx · 1 pointr/Psychonaut

Yeah, I think qigong is the chinese equivalent of kundalini yoga. My understanding is that qi, kundalini and the holy spirit all refer to the same thing, in Buddhist terms it is something like the recognition of impermanence / vibration at a very fine level.

Obviously I am still at a very low energy level, I found a bit of a cheat by using nitrous to increase my sensitivity to it but I look forward to working on increasing it.

What you are experiencing sounds like 1st or 2nd jhana, I have read that there is a way to control the "volume" of the pleasure to make it less distracting. You may be interested in this book:

Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas

Did you experience this state through kundalini circulation or purely by concentration on the 3rd eye?

u/tanger · 1 pointr/Meditation

this is a popular book about jhannas, how to reach them and description of all nine jhannas: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Concentration-Practical-Guide-Jhanas/dp/1611802695/

u/citiesoftheplain75 · 1 pointr/streamentry

Read Thanissaro's advice on the path, check out The Mind Illuminated and Right Concentration. These books provide balanced, mutually compatible approaches for the cultivation of jhana. Their instructions are effective and many people have achieved great results by putting them into practice.

Don't worry about when you're going to reach stream-entry. Enjoy the development of relaxation in your practice. Best of luck to you.