going on with Jhananda?

[Jhanananda]

Two night ago I left my body and spent the night in communion with a high angel, who had a message for me.  The message was simple, and repeated all night, "Follow the path of least resistence." Just before waking I connected with another being and sent this message on to that being, before returning to the body.

I think following the path of least resistence is the core of the contemplative life.  While the Noble Eightfold Path is an excellent description of the contemplative life, I find following the path of least resistence is a very simple way of boiling down the contemplative life.

The first 4 folds of the Noble Eightfold Path are all about ethics, and ethics are certainly essential and introductory to the contemplative life.  And, when we take up a fruitful contemplative life we essentially learn to follow the path of least resistence through the 8 stages of samadhi, which are altered states of consciousness, and are the core of the superior fruit of the contemplative life (maha-phala).

[Alexander]

Very interesting anecdotes Jeff, and thanks for sharing.

[Jhanon]

Two night ago I left my body and spent the night in communion with a high angel, who had a message for me.  The message was simple, and repeated all night, "Follow the path of least resistence." Just before waking I connected with another being and sent this message on to that being, before returning to the body.

I think following the path of least resistence is the core of the contemplative life.  While the Noble Eightfold Path is an excellent description of the contemplative life, I find following the path of least resistence is a very simple way of boiling down the contemplative life.

The first 4 folds of the Noble Eightfold Path are all about ethics, and ethics are certainly essential and introductory to the contemplative life.  And, when we take up a fruitful contemplative life we essentially learn to follow the path of least resistence through the 8 stages of samadhi, which are altered states of consciousness, and are the core of the superior fruit of the contemplative life (maha-phala).

Agreed. What a beautiful experience.

I have found this is the fruit of what Abraham Hicks teaches, as well. I have been practicing this to great benefit. I find both the Buddha's teachings and Abrahams are essentially the same--just a more modern messenger for a modern time.

Life, like is commonly believed of the universe, is constantly expanding and evolving, thus it makes sense for the path of enlightenment to do the same. This took me a while to understand.

What a "coincidence" this is the one post I chose to view over the last months. Of course "coincidence", in addition to common understanding, is just a term for how thoughts turn to things, and how simillar thoughts with unresisted momentum manifest together into events of similar quality when conditions are ripe (like how there is a very similar time and conditions for the bloom of many of the same kind of flower.)

Nice to "see" you again, Jhanananda Thank you for sharing your beautiful experience.

[Jhanananda]

Thank you, Alexander and Jhanon for posting your kind responses to this thread.  I am currious, Jhanon, since you mentioned Abraham Hicks, someone I have never heard of nor met, does he teach about the superior fruit of the contemplative life (samana-maha-phala)? If so, what does he say about it?

[Jhanananda]

Around the first of July my van broke down on the street in FLagstaff with a serious auto repair that was well over my head to fix at the curb. I had it towed to an industrial neighborhood to work on across from the local shelter service.  The problem was the intake manifold on my engine has both air and water in separate manifolds, and the water manifold had been leaking badly. It took me a week to get down to the manifold through a maze of wires and vacuum lines and components all sitting on top of the intake manifold.

After I had the intake manifold exposed and unbolted I found it too heavey to remove, so a little over a week ago a friend, who is a retired mechanic came from Prescott to my rescue. It took almost all day for both of us to remove, clean, reseal and reinstall the intake manifold. Once we had the intake manifold resealed and reinstalled he left for me to put everything back on.  It took me another week to reassemble the engine, get it started and trouble shoot it. So, the repair took 2 weeks.

I am now back camped in the National Forest where air quality is so much better.

[Alexander]

Glad you are navigating it Jeff. Do write if you run into any major issues; hard to manage as we age.

[Jhanananda]

Yes, I agree, I am definitely getting too old for doing major auto repairs.  I think I am going to have to start looking for a place to land for the duration soon.

[Tad]

 Alexander,
Jhananda has been absent from the forum for a while. I also emailed him but no response. Do you have any other ways of contacting him? I know from his post that his health was getting worse.

[Alexander]

Alexander,
Jhananda has been absent from the forum for a while. I also emailed him but no response. Do you have any other ways of contacting him? I know from his post that his health was getting worse.

He is usually without internet access for periods of time. I believe he goes to the library or connects to Wifi spots as he is out in rural Arizona.

Yes, he has had health problems for several years. He was saying he was worried about his decline years ago, but then he said he made a major recovery. But, I think his physical body still causes him great suffering.

I do not know how we will deal with Jeff's mahasamadhi as he lives in isolation. Unless the Inner Director tells me when his time comes. But even if such occurs I wouldn't be able to verify it as I'm on the other side of the USA.

Living alone is difficult as one gets advanced in age: so I hope his children will be able to make sure he is physically OK.

He has created a wealth of resources for future students, and we have preserved his most important discussions. His recordings on YouTube will also be available well into the future. He is not known today, but I believe at some point in the future he will be known as one of the American saints.

Yes, it is the way of the world that with time the true dharma is lost, and authentic teachers must always re-emerge and arise to re-establish it for the spiritual good of others. We are fortunate to have had such a good teacher in our time.

[Rodan]

I really hope he is ok. I have missed his presence.

[Jhanon]

Hey all. Been a while. I don't keep up on here anymore, but I intuitively checked this today. I have his number and sent him a text. I will call him later if he doesn't respond.

[Tad]

Hi Jhanon,

Thank you! Nice to see you here. I read many of your old posts. I would love to hear more about your spiritual journey and your practice.

[Rodan]

I agree with Tad, it's nice seeing some of the old guard around, Jhanon, as your posts have been very elucidating along my journey. It's a shame so many do not come back regularly.

[Michael Hawkins]

I'm not sure why Jeffrey has gone silent here, but he has posted on Facebook a few times in recent days, the last one on March 8.  He has always had a way of fading out and then returning.

[Tad]

Michael,
Thanks foe good news. Hopefully, he is just taking a break and will get back to this forum. It is really great to see old timers posting here again.