Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being.

The third stage is no thought. No thought is not the end of meditation. It is the beginning of higher meditation.

Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being.

In advanced meditation you become light. You transcend self, ego, time, space, and dimensionality.

Life is invisible. The illusion is that what we perceive is in some way not a reflection of self. Life reflects the field of attention that we're in.

Look at the big picture of the wheel of life. Above it, there is a Buddha. He is pointing, not towards the wheel, but away from it. He is indicating that there is something else - nirvana.

Find a teacher of Tantric Zen and study with them because it is transference of awareness, a sharing of the perception of the beauty of life.