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If you do try out these instructions, do so without expectations! Expectations are the worst thing you can bring on any retreat, and they are especially hindering when trying to learn jhānas.
Right Concentration
Leigh Brasington
So if we humans love dark pain and horror as entertainment soooo much, don't you think it's just a little bit possible that we might unconsciously create painful and horrible situations in our own lives—not because we “deserve them” or because we're “losers” and “failures,” but just because we have an attraction to the nail-biting intensity of it? If there was a TV show about healthy people who were totally happy, thriving in all of their work and relationships, with no problems or challenges, absolutely no one would watch it.
Existential Kink
Carolyn Elliott
Sitzfleisch,’ Professor Playfair said pleasantly when Ramy protested that they had over forty hours of reading a week. ‘Translated literally, it means “sitting meat”. Which all goes to say, sometimes you need simply to sit on your bottom and get things done.’
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