A formless base, a liberation gate; a mode of rebirth, a transmundane tool
Rebirth into a formless state; MN106; AN9.36: "I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on [the dimension of the infinitude of space] ... This is peace, this is exquisite - the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding."
As a description of the liberated mind: Snp5.6: "Mindfully focused on nothingness/not-a-thing, relying on 'There isn't,' you should cross over the flood."
--those still holding to a sense of self feel as though they've traveled from the past as an experiencer
-- the past is fabricated right here, with the injection of intention; without this injection, there's no "past," and you've never been there
-- "memory bundles" are selective and constrained by the senses
-- a person is embedded, a baggage is picked up
-- some memories are imparted by genes, societies, parents; identities are constantly born and passing away
-- being no one, going nowhere, having no baggage
-- some sutta passages on "not-a-thing"
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