anyone seen this? i have no idea if it's legit nor do i know a thing about the author:
http://www.kktanhp.com/samatha.htm
it seems to imply that the higher jhanas involve a brain state similar to sleep but with full consciousness? so could yoga nidra be possibly a perfect and exact supplementary practice to wakeful jhana practice?
not only that but perhaps this could also be a great leap for practitioners that struggle greatly with drowsiness? starting from a drowsy state and once you have that under control move in the other direction? as opposed to trying to relax and focus the mind without making it drowsy you're trying to make the mind drowsy but stay awake. if you believe the above article is legit, what do you think about the rest of my idea?
this is a little more in depth than the wiki page: http://www.swamij.com/yoga-nidra.htm#not
brain states and jhana
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Re: brain states and jhana
there are others such as this one I started a while ago to name one.
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill