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just experience that—see how the ripples change. Do they slowly fade away or do they become clearer and clearer? These ripples we can experience whether they become narrower and smaller, or wider and wider. We can experience them, although we cannot see them.
This experience is important. We cannot always see, but we can experience. These are normal conditions that are refined. Observe that sometimes there is no inflate-deflate but we can experience changes. There, our natural conditions are good and are moving into the ultimate reality. When there is a complete emptiness—not even the physical body—there is still the mind that experiences. When there is emptiness and there is no physical body, the mind is unburdened. When the mind is unburdened, observe what the environment in front of us is—bright, clear, calm, uncluttered, gentle, hazy, or dark? These, we will definitely see. Just try closing your eyes.
Observe, when we close our eyes, what is the environment in front of us? Bright, correct? When we see brightness, take the mind into that brightness and experience how it changes. That is the phenomenon that our mind must contemplate. It is a natural condition. A bright mind is called “obhasa”, which is a Pali word meaning brightness. When there is brightness, we move into it to experience it—does the mind feel good? Does it feel comfortable? Does it feel bright or dim? It feels bright.
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