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is is why the the the mind mind can be be unburdened recurrently When there is is us emerging the the the mind mind mind becomes narrower weightiness emerges The The question is: How do we we we we make our mind mind unburdened? The The simple answer is is is is is to extinguish the the the sense of “us ” because whenever there is is is is us us us the the the mind becomes narrower weightiness is is is is present sufferings emerge emerge mental sensations emerge emerge Then how do do we we extinguish the the the the sense sense sense of of of “us?” How do do we we know whether there there is is is is a a a a a a a sense sense sense of of of self self or there there is is is is no no no sense sense sense of of of self? Do not not infer infer that that that when the the the the the mind narrows this always means that that that there there is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a sense sense of of self self We We cannot infer infer that that that that We We need to experience clearly that that that there there there is is is a a a a a a a a a a a sense sense sense of of of self self self thus the the the the mind mind narrows narrows Why? If we we know that that our mind mind narrows narrows because there there is is is a a a a a a a a sense sense sense sense of of of of self self self we we we we should extinguish the the the sense sense sense of of of self self remove the the the sense sense sense of of of “us ” Then we we we will be able to expand our mind mind easily However at certain moments the the the the the mind mind mind compresses narrows without the the the the the sense sense of of self While the the the the the the mind mind mind is is is is narrow narrow there there is is is is no no sense sense of of suffocation there there is is is is is no no sufferings There is is is is is only the the the the mind mind that that experiences whatever is is is is in in in in front of us us that that that focuses on on on on on on on on one specific natural natural condition condition At that that moment the natural natural condition condition (sabhava dhamma) is is according
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