Introduction to Jhana Meditation (Index)
According to early Buddhist texts, the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) entered the Jhanas on the night of his enlightenment. These states purified his mind and allowed him to develop insight, which led to…
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Thoughts on Jiddu Krishnamurti
Reading the Jiddu Krishnamurti book, “Commentaries on Living” I believe I’m starting to understand his total philosophy. He believes that to become that which is not a product of that which we…
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Can Deep Jhana Access Cause Lost Job? Spouse?
I made a video about this topic because it’s something I’ve been noticing is asked more and more by my students as they see my writings and other videos. I didn’t explain…
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Reaching Jhana According to Pa Auk Sayadaw (Key Points)
After hearing yet another coaching student of mine mention Pa Auk Sayadaw of Burma, I did a little research and found the following key points about his practice leading to Jhana. I…
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Latest Book: Mindfulness for Beginners
I just published my latest book in the Meditation for Beginners series at Amazon. It went live the same day. It’s available now, worldwide in digital and print versions (paperback). Have a…
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New Book – DEEP JHANA – Total Ego Annihilation
New book available TODAY. Release date May 14, 2025. OK, well. Here we go. I designed the cover for the new Deep Jhana book. I released it at Amazon for a year,…
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Deep Jhana – Why You DON’T Want This
Deep Jhana is a powerful state of mind. It isn’t for everyone. The changes that take place once you begin experiencing the Deep Jhanas overwhelm everything. After a certain point – let’s…
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Fear of This State of Mind?
I’ve known for 19 years or so that the mind had changed remarkably of its own accord. Let me say that again. It changed on its own. Sure, I did some meditation….
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Comments Re-Enabled on Posts and Most Pages
For a long while I was concerned about comments slowing the website down. The hosting wasn’t ideal and now I’ve switched hosts and it seems faster. Anyway, I’ll keep comments as an…
