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(sleeps). Luang Phaw Wat Paknam explained that the ability to bring our mind to a standstill at this centre of the body is what we call ‘majjhima’ or ‘centering’. When the mind comes to a standstill at the centre of the body, it can no longer be considered in terms of good, evil, merit or demerit — and it is completely free of the two extremes of sensual indulgence [kāmasukhallikānu yoga] and self-mortification [attā-kilamathānu yoga] — it is the trailhead of the pathway towards the arahship. This is the meaning of the Buddha’s words in the Dhammapāka sabhā tana Sutta: Tathāgatena abhisambuddhā (Thus has the Tathagata known through {His} supreme wisdom) When we are able to bring the mind to a standstill at the centre of the Sphere of Dhamma that allow us to take human form, then this is where the mind belongs. Once we are able to practise this optimally, then this is what we can call the Eightfold Path — when all eight components of the Path are represented at the centre of the body a clear bright sphere will arise at the centre of the body which we call the Sphere of the Initial Path or ‘Pāthama Magga’ Sphere or Dhamma-nupassanāsatipaṭṭhāṇa Sphere. It will be mirror-bright and appear the size of the sun or the moon and situated at the centre of the Sphere of Dhamma that allows us to take human form. When we bring the mind to a standstill at the centre of the Dhamma n upassanāsatipaṭṭhāṇa Sphere, the Sphere of Self-Discipline [sīla] will be attained. When we bring the mind to a standstill at the centre of the Sphere of Self-Discipline, the Sphere of Concentration [samādhi] will be attained. When we bring the mind to a standstill at the