sup

damn i forgot about it again

forgot about bluesky again lol

good luck 😄

have a look at the michael taft video on youtube. if you have a bit of meditation exp you might find piti or even the first couple jhanas very accessible given just those instructions (might be even without much experience)

things definitely get interesting once you get up to j7/j8/post 8 and the content of perception (if there is any) becomes extremely subtle

there are one or two good papers characterizing jhanas with eeg/fmri

equanimity is a valuable skill. it can be practiced and improved systematically

that they’re “just” very deep and particular states of focused attention

yep that’s what i did. got one that samples continuously so i could keep jhanas going

yep

pretty much have convinced myself this isn’t the main thing going on, at least for me. haven’t seen a dip below 95%, so if there’s even an effect i think it’s minor

first test had no interesting changes in blood oxygen. heart rate did spike at certain interesting points though

is this a direct elmo callout or a comment on general gc illiteracy

given the opportunity cost you’re paying this is a massive flex, so, W holds

yeah. it’s a nice thing to do imo but i personally cannot live as a healthy person on plants alone

nope, i fully had no clue. i think this means you should keep talking about it

are you vegan?

who’s going to tell him

I will put on a continuous pulse oximeter, start recording, traverse the 8 jhanas, open myself up to anything interesting in the post j8 space that may or may not occur (eg cessation), and report back with a graph of my SpO2 during the journey. Oximeter sample rate is 1 sample/sec

so are jhanas basically just low blood oxygen or what. bayeslord experiments

but yeah my practice is going great. mostly i do a combo of
- diff kinds of noting+labeling
- jhanas
- “unclinging” exercises where i try to not cling to certain channels or categories of experiences
- “do nothing”
- metta

that makes sense, i haven’t gotten any in person instruction in a long long time

cool

i found zazen style really challenging when i was learning. my mind was way too clingy and prone to generating friction

(is, i assume, the standard answer)

vibe propagation

nice! what technique(s) do you like?

so important right now

hi can we call you tek