In computer science, we have these wonderful things called “regular expressions”. Regular expressions recognize patterns in text. For example, the regular expression /red/ recognizes the letters “red” in any sequence of letters.
Regular expressions have magic characters. One magic character is ‘.’, which matches any character. Another magic character is ‘*’ which matches any number of the preceding sub-pattern. In this way, one might say:
- The dimension of infinite space matches all possibilities:
/.*/
Regular expressions also use parentheses to indicate context. To recognize blue or yellow but only before red we would type: /(blue|yellow).*red/. In this way, one might say:
- The dimension of infinite consciousness matches everything:
/(.*)/
We can even match the beginning (^) or end ($). In this way, one might say:
- The dimension of nothingness matches:
/^$/
And we can even be ambivalent with the magic character ?, which recognizes one or zero of something. In this way, one might say:
- The dimension of neither perception or non-perception matches:
/.?/
Lastly, we can also not use regular expressions at all. And that would definitely be a cessation of perception and feeling.
This is what happens when programmers study the Dhamma during COVID-19. 
