form. In other words, if form did not put up resistance to something else taking its place, one would not know that form is present. Thus, the disappearance of perceptions of resistance aids in the mindâs ability to transcend perceptions of form and to sense, in its place, infinite space. 3. "Multiplicity" is a translation of the Pali term, nṅnattṅ. MN 137 identifies multiplicity as the input of the five physical senses. 4. Notice that this description of the cessation of perception & feeling lacks the statement often added in passages where this attainment is described: "and, as he sees (that) with discernment, his effluents are completely ended." See also: MN 79; AN 5:166 - --> - - - -