Thank you for discussing this. I think there's a level where you have to be willing to put some time into a method, maybe even any method to develop the discernment to choose a more suitable method. The analogy I would use is when I was first learning to play guitar, I wanted to get a very good guitar. My father pointed out that I didn't know enough yet to know what a very good guitar was, and I should spend time learning and getting to the point where I would know a good guitar when I picked it up to play.

totally agree and i had a similar hunch that regardless of the practice, jhana is included or a necessary prerequisite, and in some cases, like when a person stumbles upon a deep and lasting insight, samadhi or jhana still needs to occur if it hasn’t already, in order for it to be an abiding awakening. for instance Ramana Maharshi spent years in Samadhi AFTER his awakening.

I can't fucking believe it! I'm just discovering/realizing for the first time in my 44 years of life... The rage and grief I feel... THESE ARE MY SUPERPOWERS! The fact that I can feel these at all, this alone, is my superpower! It is sacred it is divine it is feminine it is miraculous. Most are too numb to know or to feel. But I know. And I feel. This has all been in preparation for my mission as an alchemist. I am a Lioness. I am a Goddess. I am a Radically Honest Biker Bitch! Holy heaven I am mind-blown! HALLEUJAH! AND PRAISE THE LORD!