(TheravadaBlog.de, Sept. 5, 2009)
Dhamma blog – Jhana Access or dealing with the arising phenomena whilst accessing the ascending states of jhana (arupa-jhana) [namely, meditative-absorptions beyond the 4th, which are called the "four formless absorptions"].
One thing I would like to mention about the nimittas ["signs," objects focused on in deep meditation such as the breath, internal light, kasina-discs], sounds, and other tingling and inspiring experiences found in Jhana Meditation, is the fact that they are hypnotic and induce sukha ["pleasurable sensation," contrasted with dukkha or unpleasant sensation. This bodily-bliss is usually said to stem from purification as concentration temporarily suppresses the mental defilements].
Although most Western practitioners do not find anything negative about pleasurable experiences, experiences [themselves] are actually not pleasurable or unpleasurable. They are just exper-iences. Instead, it is our creation of mental formations (sankharas) and subsequent sensations (vedana) that arise (become) when our sanya (perception) and vinyana (conscious awareness) of these things come into contact with the object…
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