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it will be bright within. Stop the thoughts. Keep the mind quiet and still. Keep visualizing the clear Buddha. Be diligent in mediating. We will attain it in the next lifetime if we do not attain it in this one. We will build up the familiarity. To attain Dhamma, we need to practice with perseverance." And Khun Yay ended each session with: "Finally, with all the merit from our meditation, make wishes for good fortune, good health, prosperity, protection when travelling, freedom from danger, that fools keep their distance and that you attain inner experience while meditating . . Now, let's rest at that. I would like to rejoice in your merit. May all of you have a lot of merit and be fulfilled in the good things that you wish for, through the power of merit. Good luck to all of you!" Then all the visitors responded "Sadhu!" aloud. If any of the visitors had fallen asleep in their meditation, Khun Yay would say: "I avoid falling asleep when meditating. If I feel sleepy, I go and rinse my face with water. I come back to meditate when the sleepiness has gone. People who fall asleep while meditating cannot attain inner experience." Khun Yay loved meditation practice and it was so important to her. Khun Yay remained particularly strict about any courting or petting between couples that took place on the temple grounds. Once as she was inspecting the temple grounds with Luang Phaw Dattajeevo (at that time