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David Treleaven
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It’s hard to describe how healing it feels to bathe for an hour in love that is 50 times stronger than anything I ever felt before getting into this work.
"I'll go to the movies and will casually feel waves of joy in my spine that I haven't had since watching LoTR as a kid when Gandalf comes back at Helm's Deep."
Meanwhile, I have never heard such consistently excellent reviews of meditation retreats, even though they’re new at it — this should cause every teacher to ask, "Can I learn something from this new approach," even if the answer ends up being no
just chatted with Judah, my teacher on the Jhourney retreat a couple weeks ago. extremely fun to chat with him, and i really believe in him as a teacher. this is another plug for @jhanatech retreats. you don’t have to be into jhanas or whatever, it’s just good practice
Just realised I can and should convince all my interent friends to do a Jhourney Jhana retreat. Possible most EV thing you can engage in in your LIFE (other than getting married, having kids, etc.)
Unwanted feedback loops (eg anxious loops) have decreased a lot. An anxious thought will arise and then just pass away, doesn’t create a domino effect. Some do but like 90% fewer. Wanted feedback loops (eg jhana) have become much easier, fewer thoughts competing with them.
In retreat I also learned that another translation of mettā is spiritual friendliness or "good will". I find these easier to work with than "loving-kindness"
I just finished a @jhanatech retreat. I can now conjure up feelings of immense happiness on-demand, not conditioned on any achievements. Most impactful meditation I’ve ever learned. Can’t recommend it enough.
Ever since my @jhanatech retreat a couple weeks ago, any time I either sit or go dancing, I eventually get to a place where I find a profound and infinite sense of love for the universe. Im kinda shocked because I am not even trying!
began day with 120 min jhana sit led by Judah from @jhanatech stress levels plummet almost immediately upon grounding the positive impact of a metta + concentration practice is not pseudoscience. With today’s sensors, we can see the impact objectively
so far my experience with @jhanatech is: a field of green flags there’s so much i like and respect about the work, approach, team, the atmosphere and their integrity one of the clearest and cleanest (read: unconflicted) experiences i’ve had with a retreat/course so far
The retreat I just completed with @jhanatech was my 8th meditation retreat. 6 out of 7 other retreats were great experiences, but I feel like this Jhourney retreat was 5x more effective at levelling me up as a meditator in ways I can take home moving forward.
I attended the in-person @jhanatech retreat last month and had a mind-blowing experience! I accessed several jhanic states and this caused a massive update to my world model. I will write a long-form piece to summarize but in the meantime if you’re curious AMA.
I am still in the Jhourney jhana retreat so don’t wanna say too much too soon but feeling good for no reason is fucking crazy
@jhanatech @stephen_zerfas & @nickcammarata are the two resident jhana experts, but I know @jhanatech have been getting something like 60% of their beginner meditators into jhana states (i.e. evoking tears of joy + mdma-like states) from a week long retreat.
i’d highly recommend doing specifically a jhana retreat (hard to find) bc i don’t think i could’ve learned them on just a regular retreat (shout out to @jhanatech)
the gatekeeping around these states def prevented me from exploring them early on. wild that you can just learn ’em in a week at a twim or @jhanatech retreat
It’s tragic that practically zero of the 8 billion people alive know jhana exists. It’s a beautiful vacation you can do daily with dozens of benefits outside of meditation (eg improved concentration, equanimity). It just makes life better. Like not being told exercise exists
So I was on a Jhana retreat with @jhanatech until about a week ago – it was great – and I feel like I’ve learned something about the Jhanas: They’re all about collectedness.
