Now when I looked across its waters I was content to gaze into the dancing reflections - I was becoming empty enough for it to fill me rather than being driven as before to impose myself on it. The end of my time in this Second Stage was very special - I seemed to be able to let the power of the meditation work without the obstacles I had previously put in its way. It was a time of emptying, unlearning and undoing and of a heightening sense of inner peace and love. This cannot be deserved or earned, so it is simply grace to receive it. I cannot be anything but overwhelmed with gratitude to my teacher for the chance to be enlightened.
Enlightenment gives rise to such a rich state of being.
At last everything is in its proper place. First there is the enlightened state, free of all limits, a permanent state in which to be. Everything is contained in this state so there are no real mysteries, nothing is closed to me. Next there is the consciousness that was built in the regions of creation opened after Second Stage - the regions beyond the mind which are vat planes of glorious spiritual Light and Sound. These regions contain and sustain all that is the little self made of Tim's body, mind and emotions.