From: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KEco2ojydNM
Context: Throughout this transcript, Bhante Vimalaramsi is the speaker unless otherwise indicated.
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there are beings who have completely
transcended all perceptions of matter by
the vanishing of the perceptions of
sensory actions and by non attention to
the perceptions of variety thinking
space is infinite they have attained to
the sphere of infinite space that is the
fifth station there are beings who by
transcending the sphere of infinite
space thinking consciousness is infinite
having attained to the sphere of
infinite consciousness that is the sixth
station there are beings who have
transcended the sphere of infinite
consciousness thinking there is nothing
have attained to the sphere of nothing
that is the seventh station of
consciousness the two realms are the
realm of unconscious beings and secondly
the realm of neither perception nor
non-perception when you get into the
fourth jhana
if you don't go any higher but you gain
real strong mastery of the fourth jhana
and you die there's two different
heavenly realms that you can go to one
of them is a brahmaloka and the other
one is the realm of being unconscious
you have a body it's like a statue but
there's no consciousness no thinking
some people have this idea that that's
really I don't want to be reborn there
that sounds like a hell realm but
there's so much reading
in getting to the cessation of
perception and feeling your body is
still there it's still hearts beating
still breathing
although faith not very much your body
stays alive but there's no perception
and feeling to disturb your mind now
when you become a non egami or an AR hot
you will have the skill to go into that
state anytime you want just by making
the determination you make a
determination that you want to stay in
that state for so many days no more than
seven days body can't live longer than
seven days without consciousness
I've met one person that can do that and
it was a little Indian lady you would
never guess by seeing her on the street
she's just a normal-looking person kind
of happy all the time but normal looking
but you go into the same room with her
you know that you're walking into a room
where the person that has a lot of
personal power I mean a lot of personal
power and she started talking when I
went in and she started talking about
being able to sit for seven days and
niro dah' samapatti that's the the poly
trend but that's the cessation of
perception and feeling and being a dumb
American I said why do you want to do
that and she gave me a one-word answer
relief there's no there's no vibration
at all
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