SKILL OF ADISTANA (SKILL OF RESOLUTION, DETERMINATION).

SKILL OF ADISTANA (SKILL OF RESOLUTION, DETERMINATION).

By sitting very quietly allowing the body to rest, and body to become rigid and light, one can reduce the intensity and quantity of thinking, thus going deeper, and into the Jhanic Samadi. Deeper the body rest, deeper the Samadi. But by this method one does not get hold of the Jhanic Samadi. It may happen or may not happen according to the situation. Hence, one has to practice the Skill of Adistana (Skill of resolution, determination) in order to get hold of the Samadi and to remain in it, and manipulate it.

By practicing the Skill of Adistana one can 'take the Control' of the mind, but not 'Controlling' the Mind.

Attaining First Jhanic Samadi can be done through Adistana to come to it quickly and to remain longer.

With the 'developed Adistana skill' one can say, "Only Applied thinking will be there. And it will get fixed on breathing". Then it will happen. To make Samadi more stabilized one can say further, "The body will become more restful and light". Further one can say, "Mind will remain in this state 15 minutes/half an hour/etc."

This skill of Adistana would make the transition from First Jhanic Samadi to the Second Jhanic Samadi easier. One has to say, "Applied and Sustained thinking will be dropped", and in the next moment he will be in the 'Fixed Attention of pure cognition' of the breathing, without thinking of it, which is Second Jhanic Samadi.

Then he can say, ""Mind will remain in Second Jhanic Samadi for 15 minutes/half an hour/etc."

Without Celibacy, can one come to the Jhanic Samadi?

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