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there existed something else — something he had never known before. Then he started to realise that there must be a hidden meaning to the 'Middle Way'. That tiny spot at the centre of his body might be the doorway to hidden inner dimensions. He then tried an experiment: by contemplating deeper and deeper at the centre, it started to expand until it reached the size of an egg-yolk. Meanwhile, the former sphere of Dhamma also gained in size until it became so huge that it reached the horizons and then faded away. When he contemplated deeper at the centre of the new sphere of Dhamma, another one appeared at its centre. He continued this experiment of expanding and concentrating deeper at the centre of each successive sphere of Dhamma. More and more spheres appeared, thousands of them, each one replacing the last. As he meditated deeper, each new sphere of Dhamma was brighter and clearer than the last. Going yet deeper he could see within each sphere of Dhamma bodies of hidden dimensions of himself. Then, at the end of the succession covering all dimensions of himself, he recovered the key to understanding human nature through all its countless dimensions. At the innermost part of every human being's nature, nested deep within the myriad of multi-dimensional bodies, there exists the body of the Buddha called 'the Dhammakāya'. It is of the form of the Buddha sitting deep in meditation. The topknot of the Dhammakāya is a lotus bud, beautifully clear and pure. Suddenly, this Buddha spoke in a resonant voice, "That is right!" Having spoken, the mouth of the Dhammakāya immediately closed again. The delight overwhelmed him. He whispered to himself: "Ah!...It is so hard like this. This is why no one else