How Do You Know Whether You’re Doing It the Right Way?
If you’re doing it the right way according to the right Knowledge (Vijja),

your body will feel relaxed and at ease.

Your mind will also feel relaxed and at ease.

Even if you may not see anything at this stage,

you’ll feel content with the feeling that you have.

You’ll feel open, spacious, free and relaxed.

This is the first reward that you’ll receive when you do this the right way.
Maintain this relaxed state of body and mind calmly, easily, relaxingly and continuously.
Soon there’ll be more rewards, that is,

your body and your mind will feel furthermore relaxed,

so relaxed that your body will feel light, spacious and expansive.

You’ll feel as if your body has dissipated and disappeared into the environment,

as if you no longer have your physical body,

as if your body has become the air that is subtle and purified,

and the stream of happiness and purity has come to take its place.

And your body and your mind will become furthermore relaxed.
Your mind will become still, free of all thoughts.

This is the kind of feeling that you’ve never experienced before. 

The mind that is free of all thoughts is much more

pleasing than one that is busy with thoughts.

Maintain this state of mind continuously.

​Soon more of this reward will come your way.

Your body will feel even lighter and more spacious.

Here, you’ll begin to understand the words

“light body-light mind”

in a more meaningful way.

You’ll want to hold on to this pleasant state of mind for as long as you can.

After having reached this increased state of stillness,

your mind will become even more still and consistent

(unlike the stillness that comes and goes),

so still that the stillness seems “firm and solid”.

But it is the feeling of “solid” stillness that is open and spacious,

not confined. And your mind will become even more gentle and delicate.
You’ll now understand the word “gentle” in a more meaningful way.

This is the inner experience that exemplifies the meaning of the words

“solidly still and gentle”.
Continue to maintain this state of mind.

Soon brightness will emerge to shine upon your new life,

removing you from the old life that is half-awake and under the spell of illusion.

Now is the life of one who knows, one who is awake, one who is joyful.

This inner light is far more satisfying than any other kind of light.
It is remarkable that we don’t see darkness when we close our eyes.

As our mind continues to stay calm and

still the inner brightness will gradually turn brighter and
brighter, from a kind of faint,

predawn light to the golden brightness of a morning sun
that shines radiantly upon a new day.

This is a cool, refreshing inner light that comes from the Dhamma within.

All of us have this inner light within us,

but it has been obscured by the Five Hindrances

( Five Hindrances: Sensual desires, ill will, apathy and inertia,

restlessness and agitation, doubt and uncertainty)

(sensual desires, ill will, etc.) that we engage ourselves in.
The images you see will evolve progressively. 

Observe them with a calm and stable state of mind without getting excited, 

the same way you’d passively observe the sun rising at dawn.

The presence of inner light, the light of Dhamma, 

is an ordinary occurrence that happens when one’s mind is still.

It is a reward for one who practices
meditation regularly and in the right way. So, at this beginning stage,

learn how to settle your mind in the right way.

Maintain your mind softly, gently, lightly …. relax.

Keep your mind radiant and refreshed. Please continue your meditation in silence.