Happy Metta Monday!

I recently completed 2 months of intensive #metta #jhana practice. What a great use of time!!!

May you all be happy, healthy, peaceful and free!

Enjoy your week. #BeKind

2 months of intensive #metta #jhana practice begins later today... Currently warming up with airport #metta

May you all be happy, healthy and free. May you travel safely to your destination...

(S2 Ep.15) Diving into Jhana with Leigh Brasington Paths to Deep Meditation

Ep.15 - Diving into Jhana with Leigh Brasington.

thegentlelaw.substack.com/p/s2-ep15-di...

#jhana #dhyana #meditation #leighbrasington

Don't be heedless ~ Buddha Shakyamuni
https://justdharma.org/dont-be-heedless-buddha/

#BuddhaShakyamuni #heedfulness #jhana #meditation

I chose metta over money. I'm going on an intensive #metta #jhana retreat for 3.5 months starting in Dec.

May you all be happy, healthy, peaceful and free!

“the map is not the territory”

Its not the books you’ve read or podcasts you’ve listened to or classes you’ve taken -

Getting out of your head and into actual regular practice is where the revelation really happens.

#witchsky #witchmadness #druidsky #meditation #jhana #pagansky #deepmeditation

Bookmark on a dark wooden table, leaning against a hot pink planter, reading, "Zen is fine once you are already a buddha."

#dharma #philosophy #art #buddhism #jhana #chan #zen #seon #samyedebate #justsitting #nolearning #84000doors #method #mahayana #bigtent #eastasia #bodhidarma #wisdom #training #path #liberation #freedom #nirvana #enlightenment

Top Meditation News (Feb-23-2025) Researchers think there's a mental connection between Jhana meditation and "speaking in tongues"... Also, the latest McMindfulness stunt will surprise you (in a good way..!)

This week's newsletter is now public and free to read on Substack...

This week's news topics include: #Jhana #DanHarris #JosephGoldstein #McMindfulness #Califia #Seon #SouthKorea #AzealiaBanks #MBSR #MBPR #meditation #mindfulness

Priti (Rapture) experience in Meditation is like an elephant stepping into a small pool - energy overflows, filling The Mind with Joy. It’s not excitement but a quiet, glowing bliss. One can let it rise, let it settle - true peace lies beyond. #Meditation #Buddhism #Jhana #InnerJoy #Mindfulness

It's easy to be mindful
It's difficult to remember to be mindful

To be fully awake is to be mindful in every moment

It's a practice

#itsapractice #meditation #mindfulness #vipassana #jhana

May you all experience the bliss of #jhana

The blameless pleasure that's available in every moment

It's just a matter of where one places one's attention

May you reap the many benefits of #meditation

Be happy 😁

#metta

It's also sad / strange that most people have never experienced #jhana and have no idea how much pleasure is available to them at every moment.

It's a blameless pleasure that requires nothing from outside yourself - and - unlike drugs, the more indulge in #jhana the better your life gets

Another day
Another opportunity to practice kindness
Another opportunity to practice generosity
Another opportunity to practice patience

Train the mind!

#ItsApractice #metta #vipassana #jhana

Woman meditating

It's early morning
I'm alive
The smell of coffee
Another day
Another opportunity to practice kindness

May you be happy, healthy, peaceful and free!

#itsapractice #metta #vipassana #meditation #mindfulness #jhana

Ep280: I Renounce My Attainments - Delson Armstrong — Guru Viking Delson Armstrong is a spiritual teacher, meditation virtuoso, and author of ‘A Mind Without Craving’.

Interesting interview with Delson Armstrong - lessons learned from teaching the Dhamma.

www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep28...

#vipassana #meditation #mindfulness #jhana

Monk meditating in the rubble of a destroyed city

Finding the happiness, peace, ease and pleasure that is not dependent on outside circumstances.

This is the way to thrive in an unstable world

#metta #vipassana #meditation #mindfulness #buddhism #jhana

That which knows anxiety is not anxious

That which knows fear is not afraid

That which knows anger is not angry

Be #mindful
Be happy
Be peaceful
Be at ease

#metta #vipassana #meditation #jhana #itsapractice

Someone sitting on water and meditating

A minor sub-benefit of meditation practice is the ability to focus. I spent about 10 hrs working in front of the computer yesterday and barely noticed the time passing. I say "minor sub benefit" because that's nothing compared to waking up!

#metta #vipassana #jhana #mindfulness #buddhism

Japanese water color painting of a waterfall

Just noticing the clenched jaw, the tension in the eyes, the tight muscles etc. and allowing them to relax
All day long, over and over again
Letting go of thoughts
Coming back to the present moment

Happiness and contentment are always now

#metta #vipassana #mindfulness #meditation #jhana

Dissolving into the present moment
Ever changing waves of experience
Nothing to worry about
On this safe island of awareness

From here I can face this messy world

#vipassana #metta #meditation #jhana #mindfulness #buddhism

My Week at the Buzzy Meditation Retreat That Promises Bliss on Demand Can you hack your way to happiness? I tried to find out

(Aug-10-2024 newsletter)

If you’re interested in #Jhana #meditation, we highly recommend this beefy essay by Time magazine that explores all aspects of the practice through the lens of a one-week stay at Jhourney’s retreat center in Applegate, CA.

buff.ly/4fp7eIy...

where are the #emptiness, #jhana, #qualia, #technology, #philosophy, #ml, #art, #data people? where do the big crazy idea folk hide?

Practical #Vipassana exercises by Mahasi Sayadaw PDF

10+ day retreat with a qualified teacher is recommended

May you be happy, peaceful and at ease

#meditation #jhana #mindfulness

www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/mah...

Dharma Seed

Did you know you can listen to 1000s of free #meditation talks on dharmaseed.org ?

That said, nothing beats an in-person 10+ day silent retreat with a qualified teacher.

#metta #vipassana #mindfulness #buddhism #jhana

Perhaps the best thing you can do is to make yourself a safe space for someone - ideally for everyone.

May you be peaceful and at ease

#metta #meditation #mindfulness #jhana

Finished work for the week and my mind is so excited for silence and solitude. Moments after lying down in bed it went right into a happy abiding.

May you be happy, healthy, peaceful and free. Enjoy the weekend!

#metta #vipassana #meditation #jhana #mindfulness

I'll be with people all day today. My goal:
Remember to be patient and kind.
Keep awareness in the body.
Radiate as much #metta as possible

May you be happy, healthy, peaceful and free

#meditation #mindfulness #vipassana #jhana

People meditating

Morning #metta break...

Taking a few minutes to settle into the intention...

May all beings be happy
May all beings be free from suffering
May all beings be free from misery
May all beings be free from pain

#itsapractice #meditation #vispassana #jhana #buddhism #dhamma

A light in the darkness

We need to generate our own light to dispel darkness -
generate our own light and spread it around

Anger begets more anger
Hatred begets more hatred
Fear begets more fear

We must keep our hearts open no matter what

#metta #meditation #vipassana #jhana #equanimity #itsapractice