Allah is Nuit?
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I was reading an old thread Jim where you said that basically Allah is Nuit.
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Could you elaborate? Also. Is Nirvana the same as Nuit? That is, chapter One is the state of Buddhist Nirvana anthropomorphised?
In that case what about the other two chapters? Are they certain other states anthropomorphised?
Thanks.
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www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=9_Jhana
This sounds encouraging as an answer. Following dharana;
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1.Delightful Sensations
2.Joy
3.Contentment
4.Utter peacefulness
5.Infinity of space
6.Infinity of consciousness
7.No-thingness
8.Neither perception nor non-perception
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@gerry456 said
"I was reading an old thread Jim where you said that basically Allah is Nuit."
Much as I respect Jim, that doesn't sound quite right. All "Gods" are RHK, Nuit and Hadit are beyond any "God" and are the pre-conditions of "God". Allah is Nuit only in the same sense that every phenomenon is, to you.
Re. the Jhanas, they're "makkyo", illusion, just different levels of interior phenomena. The only reason to go deep into them would be if you were going to be a teacher and wanted to make sure you'd experienced all the possibilities in this area, so you could teach the younglings. Unless specifically called to that, your average Joe only needs sufficient depth of absorption to have a calm mind with which to investigate a) the teachings, and b) present experience.
Basically (and FWIW - I'm no great expert) I'd say that all the deeper levels of Jhana, and the kind of stuff that you can get by pursuing physiological practices to deep levels, are basically shutting off the body and brain's systems at deeper and deeper levels - IOW, it's all about the pursuit of an experience that's as close to death as you can possibly get without actually dying. That's certainly interesting, and will lead to interesting experiences (although I think one would obviously have to be super-cautious, and only experiment in this area with someone who's been there themselves and has some experience, i.e. probably not the sort of thing you should conjecturally experiment with from just reading a book). But don't forget that the Central Pillar is where it's at. I guess, so long as you bear that in mind, you can investigate side issues to your heart's content!
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These jhanas, presumably formulated by Buddha or his Hindu teachers, appear to be an amazing map of what happens to he who embarks upon dharana.
e.g. from that wiki
The First Jhana: Pleasant Sensations
*The concentration begins with one-pointedness concentration and then when the concentration becomes strong you enter a sustained concentration which is a continuous concentration with no interruptions. You start to enter the remaining jhanic factors of aiming, happiness, and joy or rapture. You shift your attention from the meditation subject to the joy associated with your concentration. You do not cling to the sensations, but just watch them. The experience can include some very pleasant physical sensations such as goose bumps on the body and the hair standing up to more intense pleasures which grow in intensity and explode into a state of ecstasy. If you have pain in your legs, knees, or other part of the body during meditation, the pain will actually disappear while you are in the jhanas. The pleasant sensations can be so strong to eliminate your painful sensations. *