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Learning the jhānas is very definitely a trial-and-error process—with lots of errors along the way.
Right Concentration
Leigh Brasington
There was enough greed in the air to make things spicy, but the true fervor was the joie de combat. People coming to work at the Cape, for NASA, private contractors, or whomever, felt like part of the mad rush to battle the Soviets for dominion over the heavens. At Edwards, or Muroc, in the old days, the worthy warriors used to repair in the evening to Pancho’s, which, though theoretically a public place, was like a club for the adventurers over the high desert.
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
There’s an old joke about a Jewish mother who sends a telegram to her son: “Start worrying, details to follow.” Because we live in a free-floating state of anxiety, we don’t even need a problem to set off a stream of disaster scenarios. Living in the future creates the illusion that we are managing our life and steels us against personal failure.
Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach
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