The Meditation Start-Up That’s Selling Bliss on Demand - The Atlantic

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 4 Mar 2024 12:45:41 UTC All snapshots from host www.theatlantic.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuse SKIP TO CONTENT Site Navigation Popular Latest Newsletters Sign In Subscribe TECHNOLOGY The Meditation Start-Up That’s Selling Bliss on Demand Here come the Jhana bros. By Ross Andersen Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty. MARCH 4, 2024, 7 AM ET SHARE SAVE The first time I heard about the jhanas, they sounded too good to be true. These special mental states are described in the sacred texts of an ancient school of Buddhism. Today, advanced meditators usually access them by concentrating on something: a flame, their breath, the sense of loving kindness. The meditators unclench their minds bit by bit, until they reach a state of near-total absorption. If they direct that focus in just the right way, a sequence of intense experiences ensues, beginning with bliss and ending with full-body

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