Page 204 - Extinguishment of Self

is is is is is an an observation this this is is is is is a a a a a a a a contemplation If If we we we we are asked: Do we we we we remember remember who this this this this is? If If we we we we inject our perception (sanna) we we we we will remember remember that that this this this is is is is is is is is a a a a a a a a body this this this is is is is is is is is a a a a a a a a corporeality that that sits here However while while the the the the mind mind is is is is is is unburdened while while the the the the mind mind is is is is is is expansive and acts as an an an an observer—Ask the the the the physical body that sits there: Does it it it it it it proclaim proclaim itself itself to to be be anyone anyone or it it it it it it does not proclaim proclaim itself itself to to be be anyone anyone at at at all? It just feels like an an an an an an inanimate object sitting there in in in in in in an an an an an an empty and light space? By observing in in in in in in this this this way we are contemplating the the true nature When this this this physical body this this this corporeality does not proclaim proclaim itself itself to to be us—what are we experiencing? That is is is is the the characteristics of anatta (non-self) which does not proclaim proclaim itself itself to to be be animals persons selves us them By experiencing experiencing the the the physical body and and the the the the the mind being separate in in in in in in in this this this way way and and by experiencing experiencing their distinctions in in in in in in this this this way—Observe this this this constantly then we will experience how how the the the the the sense sense sense of of of non-self is is is is is And how how it is is is is is when when the the the the the sense sense sense sense of of of of self self self self emerges emerges when when the the the the sense sense sense sense of of of of “us” emerges emerges The mind that that that lacks the the sense sense sense of of of self self self that that that does does not not proclaim itself to be us us us does does not not have us—How is is is that that that that mind? By experiencing in in in in this way we will discern that—even when the the the mind mind there lacks the the the sense of 196
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