Thank you. I NOLONGER can kill all the bugs in my apartment because of metta and the precepts! It's not easy as an OCD cleaning and western conditioned person! I'm so into you Buddhist monks thanks to utube lol it's changed my life 🙏
Great videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge. In 2014 I was working at a charity, I was feeling very good, one day I was walking to work and had an urge to create a feeling of unconditional love, suddenly I expanded beyond everything but inclusive of everything including empty space, I was aware of the body walking while I remained motionless, this continued even at work, the body worked in a routine manner as I was neutrally aware. This lasted between 2.5 and 3 hours. I had no knowledge of this until after, I was a staunch atheist until after. the reason for being a staunch atheist was because I couldn't resolve the very basic idea of why do bad things happen to good people, as well as the bible is full of violence by god. Well after what I now know was samadhi, I knew the answer to my question and others. It is all perfect, there is a reason for it all.
Hi there @@OldWolf1933 , yes, it was beyond space and time, outside of things. I believe the buddha referred to 8th jhana as the realm neither perception nor non-perception, and this was an aspect of my "experience", while in that state, I was fully aware but completely neutral, as the body continued, and worked, "I" as awareness was just aware, not at all engaged. So not perceiving nor not perceiving is an excellent description. I don't know if I was in the 8th jhana or past that, I know that I can describe aspect of the "experience" now, but while in that state, "I" wasn't an experiencer, I was beyond space and time, while all "things" were creations within me and of me. While in that state, if I had been asked who I was I believe I would have said "I Am", if I was asked what do I experience, I would have said there is no experience. When I was 11 I had a 10 minute samadhi , where I had become everything, again everything I looked at, I saw as being me, the knowing came to me "I am all there is". This is exactly as I remember it 47 years ago, and it was as if it was yesterday. The key is to still the mind and not expect results. How you do that doesn't really matter, but focusing on being unconditional love will give you a head start.
You're only a few hrs from me! My dream if I ever get a handle on many multiple debilitating chronic illnesses is to visit the monastery ❤ could you talk some time on having to meditate laying down all the time due to body pain and damage?
Thankyou Ajahn may you be happy well and peaceful
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Lovely 🥰
Thank you❤
May all beings be happy well and peaceful.
Thank you. I NOLONGER can kill all the bugs in my apartment because of metta and the precepts! It's not easy as an OCD cleaning and western conditioned person! I'm so into you Buddhist monks thanks to utube lol it's changed my life 🙏
Nice man, poor little buggers! You are their friend now.
Thank you so very much. Wonderful instructions and insights to apply going forward!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼☸️❤️
Wonderful! Thank You ❤
Thank you, Bhante. Simple and straightforward. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.
A very good talk on the brahmaviharas, thank you 🙏
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Thank you, Ajahn!
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Wonderful. Thank you, Ajahn.
Great videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
In 2014 I was working at a charity, I was feeling very good, one day I was walking to work and had an urge to create a feeling of unconditional love, suddenly I expanded beyond everything but inclusive of everything including empty space, I was aware of the body walking while I remained motionless, this continued even at work, the body worked in a routine manner as I was neutrally aware. This lasted between 2.5 and 3 hours.
I had no knowledge of this until after, I was a staunch atheist until after. the reason for being a staunch atheist was because I couldn't resolve the very basic idea of why do bad things happen to good people, as well as the bible is full of violence by god. Well after what I now know was samadhi, I knew the answer to my question and others. It is all perfect, there is a reason for it all.
Did you experience jhana?
Hi there @@OldWolf1933 , yes, it was beyond space and time, outside of things. I believe the buddha referred to 8th jhana as the realm neither perception nor non-perception, and this was an aspect of my "experience", while in that state, I was fully aware but completely neutral, as the body continued, and worked, "I" as awareness was just aware, not at all engaged. So not perceiving nor not perceiving is an excellent description. I don't know if I was in the 8th jhana or past that, I know that I can describe aspect of the "experience" now, but while in that state, "I" wasn't an experiencer, I was beyond space and time, while all "things" were creations within me and of me. While in that state, if I had been asked who I was I believe I would have said "I Am", if I was asked what do I experience, I would have said there is no experience. When I was 11 I had a 10 minute samadhi , where I had become everything, again everything I looked at, I saw as being me, the knowing came to me "I am all there is". This is exactly as I remember it 47 years ago, and it was as if it was yesterday.
The key is to still the mind and not expect results. How you do that doesn't really matter, but focusing on being unconditional love will give you a head start.
You're only a few hrs from me! My dream if I ever get a handle on many multiple debilitating chronic illnesses is to visit the monastery ❤ could you talk some time on having to meditate laying down all the time due to body pain and damage?