“I’m speechless…I had an experience that was tied for most intense experiences in my life, but I think it still might be secondary to the “ancillary” stuff I learned on the way.”

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 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:

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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’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."

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.)

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"

@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.

Also increasingly promising…
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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

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)

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.

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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.

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