Notes from the Dream (circa 1982-1986) - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

perceivable experiential universe.How was I to get out?I began to remember the “emptiness” thatsurrounded this transparent particle bubble.As I looked through my physical eyes, I couldnot find the emptiness nor the edges of hisworld. I closed my eyes and expanded myvision to become aware of the emptiness whichsurrounded the bubble. The emptiness was notan emptiness, but rather ano-thing-ness, a no feeling that had no structurenor form to it like an ever present backgroundor screen, peaceful, stillness and profoundlyindescribable. The deeper I focused on thispeaceful emptiness, the less attached to the mepersonin the bubble “I” became.I remembered a meditation technique:“Visualize your body as being transparent”**then“Visualize the world as transparent.”Suddenly then “I” was “outside” of this bubblerealm.“I” was back in the “emptiness”, in this quietpeace which surrounded and went through“me”.I realized that I was seeing this emptiness withan “inner eye” and “inner vision.”47