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Attaining A Jhana Live: How Anyone Can Achieve Super Wellbeing

AI & I

2025/12/16
AI & I

AI & I

2025/12/16
In this episode, listeners are taken on an intimate journey into the depths of meditative consciousness as Stephen Zerfas guides himself into a Jhana state in real time. What unfolds is not just a demonstration of advanced meditation, but a window into a transformative practice once reserved for long-term practitioners. The session reveals how structured support and modern techniques can dramatically accelerate access to profound states of well-being.
Jhanas, traditionally attained after years of meditation, are being made accessible within days through Jhourney’s structured retreats combining curriculum design, real-time feedback, and personalized guidance. Stephen Zerfas demonstrates the process live, emphasizing gentle attention, bodily awareness, and emotional openness rather than forceful effort. The practice involves releasing tension, cultivating joy through mantras, and resting into an already-present sense of peace. Rather than numbing difficult emotions, Jhana fosters honest engagement with inner experience, supporting lasting change via memory reconsolidation—resetting emotional patterns by meeting them with safety and compassion. The conversation highlights risks of bypassing trauma and stresses grounding before deep practice. For Zerfas, Jhana has enabled greater authenticity and leadership clarity, framing 'super well-being' as a viable goal alongside other human enhancements. Looking ahead, Jhourney is developing an AI-powered app to scale access, using adaptive pathways modeled on learning systems to guide users into these states more reliably and widely.
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Jhana states can now be accessed more efficiently using structured feedback and guided narration.
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Trying to enter a Jhana often leads to failure, which is part of the teaching.
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The key to entering the state is to enjoy oneself and realize you're already open
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Using meditation to escape painful emotions can lead to worse outcomes
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Memory reconsolidation is part of the meditation journey and requires emotional stability.
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Co-activating emotional charges with compassion can reset personality patterns.
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The game of Jhana pays dividends in relationships, building habits, and decision-making.
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Super well-being is as tractable and important as super longevity and super intelligence.
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AI could guide individuals to Jhana without human teachers by analyzing student data and personalizing meditation paths.