Page 69 - Extinguishment of self, in search of dhamma

we move in again. From spinning, squeezing very strongly, they begin to lose strength or to fade away, to fade away until they become still. Relate according to the phenomena experienced.
If we relate in this way, it is clear that we are talking about sensations. Then, when we raise the stillness again, sensations emerge, but sensations have changed. Changed to emerging here, then emerging there. Sometimes, sensations are like ants crawling, sometimes like insects crawling quickly. Sometimes, sensations emerge on the face, on the body, or sometimes feel like the whole body is full of ants. Relate these—these are the characteristics of sensations. These are all natural conditions. How long do the sensations of ants crawling last? Oh, this meditative session is completely diminished by the sensations of ants crawling everywhere. Then, you feel itchy, so you start to scratch—you can relate this. If you scratch yourselves, say you scratched yourselves. Then, you move, but observe that there are no ants. You can open your eyes to see—so that you will not be worried whether there is any ant in reality. There is a practitioner, when he feels itchy, he thinks about his past that he used to disturb ants’ nests. So, this is a dhamma consequence of his disturbance of ants’ nests. He feels that he is being stung by ants all over his body, but when he observes, he does not see any ant. Sensations natural conditions sometimes emerge as itchiness, not pain. Itchiness so severe that the practitioners cannot sit still
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