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details from a personal teacher.<br />

B. <strong>Meditation</strong>s of the Fourth Initiation<br />

There are two sections here, the first dealing with the<br />

main meditation <strong>and</strong> the second with its subsidiary<br />

practices.<br />

1. The main practice is called: "<strong>Meditation</strong> of the<br />

identification of the maya-body <strong>and</strong> the holy light."<br />

When the third initiation meditation has been<br />

accomplished, both the median channel <strong>and</strong> the<br />

heart-wheel will have opened, as we have seen. In the<br />

heart wheel the body of wisdom is formed by<br />

identifying wisdom-energy with mind. This is called the<br />

"maya-body" <strong>and</strong> is the source of the sambhogakaya.<br />

With the help of the dakini in the third initiation, the<br />

yogi forms this maya-body, which is certainly not a<br />

body of flesh but (as its name suggests), it is a magical<br />

body, capable of being exp<strong>and</strong>ed or contracted without<br />

limit. Now, this maya-body must be identified with the<br />

holy light of the Dharmakaya.<br />

An accomplished guru will know when this holy light<br />

has become manifest to a third initiation disciple, <strong>and</strong> he<br />

will explain the significance of the experience. This is<br />

the initiation of the actual Dharmakaya of truth.<br />

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