The Blessed Buddha once said: In this some recluse or priest by means of alert energetic effort and enthusiasm, through proper rational attention & concentrated focus reaches absorption on this sole thought: In this foul body of disgusting things enclosed by skin, there are head & body hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, mesentery, intestines, stomach, excrement, bile, lymph, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, tallow, spittle, snot, urine & joint-fluid... This is the first attainment of Vision...
Empty Frame: Having done this and gone beyond it, he regards & perceives any body, own or others, only as a chained frame of bones covered with flesh, vessels, fat & skin. This is the second attainment of Vision...
Chain of Moments: Having done this & gone further, he comes to understand & directly experience this continuous sequence of discrete conscious moments established & manifesting both in this world and the other worlds. This is the third attainment of Vision...
Continuous yet not Established: Finally, having done this & gone even further than beyond that, he comes to understand & directly experience this unbroken stream of consciousness neither established nor manifesting in this or any other world... This is the fourth attainment of Vision...
