Essence of entering each of the 8 Jhanas:
0. Follow breath until access concentration is established: 
	a. Thoughts are wispy and in the background, 
b. and/or White light glows in the background, 
c. and/or Breath becomes very shallow or disappears. 
	d. Plus no longer getting distracted.

1. Switch attention away from the breath to a pleasant physical sensation: 
	a. Stay focused on the 'pleasantness' of the pleasant sensation, 
b. Do not do anything else but stay focused on the 'pleasantness', it will increase in intensity automatically. 
c. When the physical pleasure and emotional joy/happiness rises, focus on that experience. 

2. Focus on the emotional joy/happiness that is accompanying the intense physical sensations of the 1st Jhana: 
	a. Push the intense physical sensations into the background - taking a deep breath now will be helpful in doing this, 
b. Stay one pointedly focused on the joy/happiness. 
3. Turn down the intensity of the joy/happiness to contentment/satisfaction.
	a. Make sure all the intense physical sensations are totally gone.

4. Let go of the pleasure of the contentment/satisfaction and drop down to a quiet, still equanimity. 

5. Sense the "boundaries of your being" and begin expanding them outwards: 
	a. Expand outwards until you fill the room, 
b. Expand outwards until you fill the building, 
c. Expand outwards until you fill the neighborhood, 
d. Expand outwards further and further, remain focused on expanding outwards, 
e. When a boundless space opens up before you, switch your focus to it. 

6. Realizing that it takes a boundless consciousness to be aware of a boundless space, switch your attention to to your consciousness of the boundless space. 

7. Switch your attention from the boundless consciousness to the content of that consciousness - it will be a sense of no thing - no-thing at all anywhere. 

8. Let go of all the previous outward sensing and come to rest in a small spot a few inches from your face. Focus on being in a state that has no characteristics.