Being able to enter jhana one walking around with buzzing blissful piti encompassing the body using concentration is the closest thing I know of to going Super Saiyan
It’s synesthetically golden to me, which I think is a big part of it
The closest analogy is imagine you were wearing a big fuzzy weightless blanket that’s staticy and that static is stably stimulating, blissful, and exciting. And you can do whatever with awareness (eg listen to music, dance) as long as attention is on the blanket
And you can turn the blanket on in 30 seconds by feeling some breeze or something and concentrating on it until it turns into a big blanket covering everything
Otherwise it’s not really altered state at all, doesn’t feel like you’re high. At least at the very very light level I’m able to reach after a week of practice with it working (and years of it failing)
In that week I’ve probably entered it 100 times though, it’s really reliable
Though it’s strong enough sometimes that I lose where the boundaries of my arm are, which awkwardly makes it hard to accurately to press the crosswalk button without having to literally watch my arm do it, which I’m not used to
I don’t mean to show off at all, the first jhana is the easiest and lots of people can do it, and I might lose it in a week idk. I just wish someone taught me at 8 instead of 28. This would have been life changing
Mostly just trying to share my learnings as I learn it, even if it turns out after a few weeks it was a waste or I’m not able to do it anymore
Apparently wind blows the blanket away :( boo 🌬
I wonder if the jhanas are best seen as financial independence but for mood. I wonder if the same communities — people who want a stable base so they can do what they want after — would be interested in it
People do a lot of life things for excitement, happiness, contentment, and equanimity, which are the first four jhanas. In a way those life things are like “salary”. With mood independence you don’t need them and can figure out what you “really want” not working for those moods
I think some people might be so used to working for moods the idea of doing something without it being for a mood is foreign, which is often the same thing you see in people who have always been in financial scarcity
The bit of people that hates wireheading and wants to do a thing (eg marry someone) not just for the mood boost, that’s the non-mood want. Mood surplus allows you focus just on that. The mood tools people are against unlock the very thing they want. They misunderstand them
It’s like someone in poverty who’s anxious about money being against becoming rich. Sure there might be problems with money or the economy in general or something, but at least on a very local level being rich would solve your financial scarcity
okay back to random jhana 1 walking-notes. Can’t tell when mosquitos bite me because the blanket is much stronger then their bite is
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