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it experience then ceases? As the phenomenon ceases, do we need to contemplate again. Observe this way.
Furthermore, whenever the inflate-deflate phenomenon ceases, and then we focus on the physical body. If we feel that the body is still there, but the inflate- deflate phenomenon is gone, then observe what the features of the physical body are. Is it thick, is it opaque, is it transparent, is it light, or does it only have the outer lines? This is where we need to observe well. If it is thick, that is a phenomenon that we must contemplate. Take the awareness to experience the dense phenomenon and see how it changes. Contemplate the phenomenon there. If it is transparent, move in and contemplate how that transparency changes—does it become brighter; or brighter then fades away? These are the phenomenon that we must contemplate, not just waiting to contemplate the inflate-deflate phenomenon because it has already disappeared.
Therefore, we have to focus back to the physical body. We have to be aware—how is the physical body? Once we focus back to the physical body, if we experience glittering along the body—that is the emergence- cessation of the physical phenomenon. No matter where those glittering occur—experience that phenomenon and contemplate how they disappear, how they cease. Move the awareness to experience inside the body’s emptiness. If you experience a sense of minor ripples—