One-hit jhāna K-O! 
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In addition to "absorption," jhāna is also sometimes rendered "trance." Both terms (whether accurately or inaccurately) can carry the connotation of surrender, but qualitatively, it's nothing of the nihilistic variety. Words don't do it justice.
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Jhāna blooms from focused attention and keen intention, but can't be forced. In fact, attempting to do so tends to put it at a greater distance. In other cases, it occurs as if accidentally, with the meditator stumbling into it. It exists somewhere between intention/surrender.
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Your mind must find the sound “delightful”! Pleasure builds a virtuous feedback loop
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My mind also tends to find the sound of an MRI "delightful." Was asked to meditate inside one for a study and have fallen asleep from its rhythms on several other occasions—it's that soothing.
It's more relaxation-inducing than rapturous, though, at least in my case. - 1 more reply
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