meditation

im doing a weeklong jhana-focused meditation retreat starting tomorrow evening. any advice for a first-timer?

(also im gonna be offline and incommunicado for a week. dont miss me too much)

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never done a retreat, never meditated more than ~40min at a time

when you said “first timer”, what do you mean?

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report back, i enjoyed Nadia Asparouhova's reports on getting into jhanas

though if you haven't read, probably better to read after your retreat to not bias the experience too much!

oh have fun!!!! 🤩 🤩 🤩  relax and rest a lot

The most important thing: don't expect much. 

I'd say the best advice at the beginning of jhanic practice is to put as much effort as you can without losing your smile. Seems like this particular retreat might have a very loose definition of 'jhana', though, so I'll stop here as to not generate confusion.

Definitely curious to hear about it when you’re back!