through the various attractions of the world, revealing glimpses, as it burns, of the peaceful realm that is always there, just behind. See how the tongues of fire closest to the centre dance themselves out in a bright blue sky. Beyond them, right at the heart of the fire, lies the cool, still radiance of the source. From here, the great wheel is transformed into the thousand-petalled lotus of enlightenment, majestically unfurled on a calm blue lake.