{"id":663,"date":"2022-07-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=663"},"modified":"2022-08-31T18:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:57:11","slug":"an-intro-to-jhana-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2022\/07\/19\/an-intro-to-jhana-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"An intro to Jhana Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"663\" class=\"elementor elementor-663\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-00f7eda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00f7eda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-429bd08\" data-id=\"429bd08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ac2e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34ac2e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;ve come to enough Tuesday sessions you&#8217;ve probably heard Shawn or I mention Jhana meditation&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color:transparent\">quite a lot. And you may wonder w<\/span><span style=\"background-color:transparent\">hat is Jhana?<\/span> <\/p>The way I put it is:&nbsp;The Jhanas are a series of highly refined altered<br><div>\nstates induced via meditation. 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And you may wonder what is Jhana? The way I put it is:&nbsp;The Jhanas are a series of highly refined altered states induced via meditation. 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