an9.41:14.1 Then I thought,
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an9.41:14.2 ‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception?’
an9.41:14.3 But my mind did not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. I didn’t see it as peaceful.
an9.41:14.4 Then I thought,
an9.41:14.5 ‘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 neither perception nor non-perception? Why don’t I see it as peaceful?’
an9.41:14.6 Then I thought,
an9.41:14.7 ‘I haven’t seen the drawbacks of the dimension of nothingness, and so I haven’t cultivated that. I haven’t realized the benefits of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, and so I haven’t developed that.
an9.41:14.8 That’s why my mind does not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. And it’s why I don’t see it as peaceful.’
an9.41:14.9 Then I thought,
an9.41:14.10 ‘Suppose that, seeing the drawbacks of the dimension of nothingness, I were to cultivate that. And suppose that, realizing the benefits of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, 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 neither perception nor non-perception. And I would see it as peaceful.’
an9.41:14.11 And so, after some time, I saw the drawbacks of the dimension of nothingness and cultivated that, and I realized the benefits of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception and developed that.
an9.41:14.12 Then my mind leapt forth, gained confidence, settled down, and became decided in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. I saw it as peaceful.
an9.41:14.13 And so, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, I entered and remained in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.
an9.41:14.14 While I was in that meditation, perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of nothingness beset me, and that was an affliction for me.
an9.41:14.15 Suppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.
an9.41:14.16 In the same way, when perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of nothingness beset me, that was an affliction for me.