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(also called the 'astral body' or 'dream body') all the way up to the various bodies of enlightenment. The meditator can see and consider bodies within the body by setting their attention to the centre of the body (the seventh base of the mind). When the mind is firmly settled and is properly adjusted (brought to a standstill) a bright sphere will arise at the centre of the body. This sphere is known as the Paṭhama Magga Sphere [Dhammānupassanāsatipat-thāna Sphere]. Bringing your attention at the point at the centre of the sphere, it will enlarge until it is so large that its edges disappear over the horizon. A new sphere brighter and clearer than the last will appear at the centre which is called the sphere of self-discipline. In the same way, the sphere of concentration, the sphere of wisdom, the sphere of liberation, the sphere of knowledge and vision of liberation can be attained in sequence. If one stops one’s mind at the point at the centre of the sphere, it will enlarge until it is so large that its edges disappear over the horizon allowing one to see the subtle human body inside — an inner body that looks the same as the physical body, but more radiant. On attaining the subtle human body, the realization will arise in the mind that “There is more to life than just the physical body. The physical body is just the outermost layer,” and “life doesn’t finish at the grave because there is still life inside, independent of the physical body.” The outer body will suddenly seem like no more than a house where one resides temporarily. Once one has seen the physical body (for the first time) according to its reality, one will be able to ‘let go’ of it — allowing the mind to go deeper and become unified with the subtle material body. One will have no more feeling of sentimentality for the physical body nor any of the other things associated with it such as children, husband, wife or