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Balanced between mind and matter
upekka
Veteran
in Philosophy
do you think there is a connection among physics, chemistry, bio-science, mathematics, history, literature and language which leads to balance between mind and matter?
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during the meditation at the day of OP the mind could see the balance between mind and matter comes just to the four basic elements on the space
like
at the first jhana there is word formation (vacci sankhara) within the mind which make the changes of basic elements in the body and in and out breath (kaya sankhara) which brings four element into the body from our side
at second jhana rate of change of basic elements slow down and amount of basic elements coming into body also reduce
at third jhana rate is slower than before and amount also reduce than before
at fourth jhana mind does not move then there is no change of elements other than the normal/natural change and there is no new elements bring by in and out breth (kaya sankhara more or less stop at this stage
so
the body and mind is at a balance with the out side world
universe/world/body/mind is one and all
element of earth (hardness and softness)
element of water (dissolve and granulate)
element of fire (heat and coolness)
element of wind (holding and flowing)
element of space (where forms can stay)
element of consciousness (which can feel- seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, thinking)
in one breath all of the four (earth, water, fire, wind) elements can mindfully be seen (consciousness) on space
each jhana stages in and out breath becomes slower and slower
and
fourth jhana there is no in-out breath to be seen
when there is a balance between mind and matter a living being is like a tree?
instead of taking carbon dioxide into the body
and
sending out oxygen to the world
what a nice thing people can do for the world by meditating
instead of fighting for Rights
Yes the trees are meditating and we can provide the civil rights.
our body consists of four elements, earth, water, heat, air
we breath air and in it there are other three elements namely earth, water, and heat
our bodies stay in space
we can feel because there is consciousness
mind is one thing and is pure ( like water)
by adding greed, hate and delusion to the mind makes consciousness (like adding coffee, milk and sugar into water and called coffee)
jhana stages remove greed, hate and delusion by degrees with the help of Buddha's Teaching which means there is insight
Rather than complicate things by adding more and more words, it is advisable to gain Samadhi and investigate
In 2011 my head glowed with pleasure but I was continuously trying to let go even of that. My mom who was grieving her father came downstairs and she was laughing and joking with me and it felt as if my mind were transmitted to her. Then she got sad about her father and my mind stopped glowing because I was sad for her and distraught. He had just died within the month.
In 2012 I had a day where I could effortlessly meditate and stay mostly on the breath. I meditated for six hours with walking interspersed and included in the total. I dn't know if that was just a nyam or if it was the second Jhana.
experience was second jhana without doubt (piti, suka ekaggatha seems to be there)
2012 experience may be first jhana (since your mind was involve with breath and it seems there was savitakkam savicaram)
or
may be third jhana (if there was no thinking of breath or no feeling)
you are the only person who could decide with your experience
What use is balance when we cannot find those?
And what if we connect the dots from everything to everything?
Will that lead to some profound gnosis?
Or is it trying to look for a pin in a haystack?
nevermind