What Remains When the Image Fades

Sit comfortably with eyes closed. Bring an image clearly to mind, a small lit diya in front of you, a flower you love, the face of the deity you remember from your home shrine. Hold it steady for a few breaths. Then, deliberately, let the image dissolve, the way mist clears off a mirror. Do not replace it with another picture. Notice what remains in awareness when the image is gone. Something is still there, watching, present, undisturbed. That presence is what was holding the image up the whole time.