[melissa]

I want to ask you how I go to Jhana. I'll plug my ears and cover my eyes with a cloth. But if any of you can tell me what process should I go mentally to achieve Jhana, That would help even more.

dear Scared One

i can certainly tell you the process for jhana.

1. watching natural breathing, until the mind become stable & calm. when the mind can be stable & calm at will, then:

2. stop watching breathing, let go of the will, let the mind go into natural stillness & quiet; never classifying any experience as 'positive' or 'negative'; never grasping at any experience

this is the way to jhana

jhana is stillness. the happiness of jhana is born of stillness; when the turbulent mental formations in the physical body have been purified & stilled, the mind is free from the weight of the physical body & the nervous becomes enraptured with bliss

to start meditation, it is best to start practising with others, in a dhamma or meditation centre

the spiritual journey must start with faith & trust. all genuine outcomes are states of liberation & freedom

kind regards

element

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