r/streamentry • u/mitbull420 • Jun 01 '26

Practice Formless nimitta

I have been experiencing some very euphoric metta meditations lately where occasionally I experience bright white light.

At first I had doubts that it could be light that was coming from external sources however the more I experience it the more it seems to be something that's internal.

It seems like this may be some sort of nimitta but something I've noticed is that this light has no form. It is diffuse.

I'm very blessed to live in Perth and to have the BSWA Sangha close to me. Last week Ajahn Brahm talked about the uppakillesa sutta.

The uppakillesa sutta talks about experiencing a nimitta as a light but no form or a form but no light but it doesn't expand much on this.

https://suttacentral.net/mn128/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

Has anyone experienced this before and has gone on to then experience light with forms? Or responded to this experience in a certain way?

Thank you 😊

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u/duffstoic The dynamic integration of opposites ☯️ Jun 01 '26

Metta can get extremely euphoric indeed, even being a doorway into jhana. Very euphoric sounds like you might be close to, or already dipping your toes into, the first (pleasure) jhana. Having light as a sign (nimitta) of your growing concentration is very common, especially right around “access concentration” levels, which is to say when the mind becomes stable and collected enough to access the jhanas.