an9.41:11.1 Then I thought,
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an9.41:11.2 ‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that “space is infinite”, enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space?’
an9.41:11.3 But my mind did not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in the dimension of infinite space. I didn’t see it as peaceful.
an9.41:11.4 Then I thought,
an9.41:11.5 ‘What is the cause, what is the reason why my mind does not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in the dimension of infinite space? Why don’t I see it as peaceful?’
an9.41:11.6 Then I thought,
an9.41:11.7 ‘I haven’t seen the drawbacks of forms, and so I haven’t cultivated that. I haven’t realized the benefits of the dimension of infinite space, and so I haven’t developed that.
an9.41:11.8 That’s why my mind does not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in the dimension of infinite space. And it’s why I don’t see it as peaceful.’
an9.41:11.9 Then I thought,
an9.41:11.10 ‘Suppose that, seeing the drawbacks of forms, I were to cultivate that. And suppose that, realizing the benefits of the dimension of infinite space, I were to develop that. It’s possible that my mind would leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in the dimension of infinite space. And I would see it as peaceful.’
an9.41:11.11 And so, after some time, I saw the drawbacks of forms and cultivated that, and I realized the benefits of the dimension of infinite space and developed that.
an9.41:11.12 Then my mind leapt forth, gained confidence, settled down, and became decided in the dimension of infinite space. I saw it as peaceful.
an9.41:11.13 And so, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite space.
an9.41:11.14 While I was in that meditation, perception and focus accompanied by forms beset me, and that was an affliction for me.
an9.41:11.15 Suppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.
an9.41:11.16 In the same way, when perception and focus accompanied by forms beset me, that was an affliction for me.