Would you define the term absorption within the context of meditative practice relative to the intentionality of the practice?
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Replying to @memeristor @_StevenFan
Absorption here is a translation of the term jhāna, the practice of which often entails withdrawing the sensory-perceptual faculties for progressively deeper states of mental stillness.
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This usually occurs through initial focus on an attentional anchor (e.g., breath), which triggers the onset of internally-generated indicators of heightened concentration (e.g., visual light perception, pleasant bodily sensation, etc.).
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Such experiences largely replace the previous anchor that generated them and, in-turn, they generate increasingly refined anchors to replace them as well, gradually sloughing off the levels of coarseness as newly unearthed subtleties (e.g., equanimity) emerge into the foreground.
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Replying to @NoaidiX @_StevenFan
Thank you absorption seems to be just off base when considered in the context of practice as it implies a nihilistic subsumption or surrender of the mediators intent. That said I can understand it as a best compromise term an indicator of a successive deepening state of practice
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In my terminology the term absorption aptly describes one of the observable passive reactive states of identification characterized by its lack of active intent-fullness. I would suggest that almost every accomplishment in life is done in just that state.
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"Sound is a thorn to the first absorption" it is not uncommon that a materials strength can be increased by exposing it to stress. For example steel is subjected to rapid cooling in order to increase it strength.
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Another option existed for these monks that of standing resolute in the face of adversity. By removing the irritant they removed an opportunity for growth a chance to exceed themselves and acquire new properties. or so it seems to me.pic.twitter.com/7necQTq7mZ
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Replying to @memeristor @NoaidiX
Jhana can be a fragile instrument to setup but the return is great. I've heard Jhana is an ideal instrument to investigate insight.
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I've only be able to do it occasionally when the conditions are right. Maybe an exercise metaphor: learning a complex movement in a controlled setting before moving to adverse conditions or in the field.
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Jhāna moistens the field for insight, then becomes the object scrutinized by insight's discerning lens.
"Absorption is produced by choices and intentions…But whatever is produced by choices and intentions is impermanent and liable to cessation."
Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta
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