We’re not going back to the pre-egoic of the child. All there is to colors, shapes, chairs, fish, etc. is perception. You can’t touch the stuff you’re seeing. All there is to seeing is knowing. Nothing disappears. If you want the peace, joy, love, bliss of this awareness all the time, even when you’re out in life, then this second stage this merging in consciousness is necessary because it leaves you free to go out and experience life without getting pulled out. You’ll feel safe wherever you are. Undefended, you’ll know everything is a modulation of yourself. This 2nd stage is called the Establishment process. It’s a secret that is completely available. Just keep exploring your experience. We were exploring thoughts and neutral sensations. In life we’re doing things: just extend this morning’s meditation into everyday life. Start with easy circumstances and explore them by asking, “Where is seeing taking place?” “What is the experience of seeing made of?” “Where is hearing taking place?” “Where is thinking taking place?” Explore this in not just easy benign circumstances. Unless you give an experience permission, it can’t pull you out. No experience has the innate power to do that. THAT EXPLORATION WILL ESTABLISH YOU IN THIS EXPERIENTIAL CERTAINTY.