5-Day Deep Jhana Meditation Retreats in Krabi, Thailand This is a brand new Thailand meditation retreat in Krabi, Thailand to be held in December 2024 and 4 other dates in 2025. This retreat is 5 days (4 nights) and is held at a wilderness resort at the base of the Khao Phanom Mountain range in … Read more
Entering the Jhana levels during meditation is how Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) reached nibbana (Buddhist enlightenment). After becoming enlightened, Buddha continued to meditate in the Jhanas often. Buddha said that entering into Jhana was necessary for reaching the end of suffering (nibbana). Below is an introduction to the topic of Jhana Meditation. Click a link to … Read more
Lately there are a number of different groups calling this or that Jhana. Originally, there were 2 basic views on the Jhanas – the Sutta vs. the Visuddhimagga Jhanas. Not being Buddhist, I tend to step away from these labels and call them the Light and Deep Jhanas. Please note – There is a lot … Read more
This is a post I’ve been thinking of wriritng for a long time. I am constantly telling people I coach to be aware of the changes that happen as they meditate, but I’ve never really gone in depth into the changes that I experienced over the course of my meditative journey. Deep Jhana meditation changes … Read more
I’ve been in contact with a researcher that runs MRI’s on people’s brains that are high level meditators. He suggested, after hearing about my state of mind that a guy by the name of “Gary Weber” taught from a similar background. I looked him up and while it was hard to get at what he … Read more
I’ve been working off and on to create a Deep Jhana Meditation Course at Udemy. I think the value I can give through hours of video in a course like this is worth more than an hour meditation coaching call for $28. I can also reach more people. There will also be less ambiguity. I … Read more
There is someone sending me email every now and again to ask about what exactly I did over the course of my meditation practice and path. The other week I got a question about exactly what happened when the Non-Dual State occurred. This is something I’ve never heard anyone else talk about – how it … Read more
Jhana Meditation Retreats Having experienced the Jhanas since 1997-1998, I can’t recall ever seeing a Jhana meditation retreat offered by anyone. Of course, I don’t go looking for them but on a coaching call this morning a student asked if I knew of any in the Southeast Asia area. I didn’t. It led me to … Read more
What Happened to UG Krishnamurti? UG Krishnamurti meditated and questioned his state until he came to a place he called “the calamity.” This was a revolution inside his body and mind that destroyed the old and replaced them with new ways of looking at things, of thinking, of being. In UG Krishnamurti’s Calamity experience he … Read more
This is part of my Meditation Journal Experience after the Flat-mind State became permanent. Meditation at Suan Mokkh Temple has always been a pleasure. I’ve had some nice insights there. [Featured image above: Two monks walking to breakfast down a dirt path at Suan Mokkh Buddhist Temple in Chaiya province, Southern Thailand. © Vern Lovic.] … Read more