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unburdened light serene but it it lacks power or or it it is is weak If we we we we observe we we we we we will sense that our mind slides down or or is is close to the the physical body then it it feels serene silent deep Then we we should draw draw back back up and and perceive perceive the the the space in in front of us a a a a a a a a a a a a a little more broadly After we we we have drawn back back and and perceive perceive ahead the the the mind feels brighter more alert Here we we we can humbly think of of the the power of of merits merits to to to add merits merits and and strength to to to our our mind mind mind Fill positive feelings into the mind mind mind that that is is serene and and and silent If we sense that that our our mind mind mind only has stillness and and and concentration but is is not as as as alert alert as as as it should be—try filling the sense of alertness into into that that unburdened and and serene serene mind mind mind Add positive feelings add add vitality into into that that serene serene mind—try and see how it it it it feels After we we have added them does our mind mind mind become more more alert more more powerful? This is is a a a a a a a a way to enhance the the the the power power power power of of of our mind mind mind If we we we we we add the the the the the power power power power of of of fulfilment the the the the the power power power power of of of vitality into the the the the the serene mind mind mind and the the the the the mind mind mind feels more more alert more more exuberant exuberant happier—then we should experience that that exuberant exuberant mind mind mind mind that that happy mind mind mind mind Make the the the the the mind mind mind mind more expansive than the the the the the physical body expand the the the the mind mind mind mind far outwards until the the the the sense of quietness dimness blurriness transforms into alertness exuberance 168
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