Do not
let your mind think on what has happened in the past or let it chase after
things that might happen in the future; rather, leave the mind vivid.
What is
the purpose in achieving such concentrated attention? It is not just for the
sake of gaining a mind of higher levels of concentration by temporarily
suppressing manifest coarse afflictive emotions. Rather, the purpose of meditative
stabilization is to serve as a basis for achieving supramundane special insight
realizing selflessness, the emptiness of inherent existence, through which
afflictive emotions can be removed completely and forever.