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Andrew's avatar

I think the baby will make you double down on helping people get into meditation / improving people's attention. It's a very meaningful thing that raises the ceiling for people and is something that you can directly help your child with as you get better with your own practices (as opposed to floor raising things like curing some rare disease that your family doesn't have). It's similar to if you had an interest in pedagogy and making learning easier. Complete alignment between personal interests, societal benefit, and parenting priorities.

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John McDonnell's avatar

I hope so!

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Andrew's avatar

Have you achieved a jhana yet

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John McDonnell's avatar

On retreat I got into some really crazy states one of which was definitely jhana 1. It's funny though other aspects of the retreat ended up feeling much more important.

I can't get there off retreat, although I think Stephen Zerfas is making a lot of progress coaching people to access.

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John Farrall's avatar

Congrats on the baby ... looking forward to your thoughts going forward!

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John McDonnell's avatar

Thank you!!

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Chodpa's avatar

Yes, I'd second that on meditation. I hope you fare well with it

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