Page 61 - Extinguishment of Self

is because the practitioners know how how big our physical physical selves are how how wide The The physical physical self that that that sits here has a a a a a a a a a a a a clear shape The The thing that that that that we must observe is is the the mind that that that that feels uncluttered light unburdened that that that is is is in in in front of us us and the the physical body—which one is is more expansive? We need need not not force it but but we need need to explore and and examine—not just observe statically passively—but access and and investigate Observe clearly whether the the mind that is uncluttered light—does it have any boundary? Why do do we need to access and observe? The mind mind that is is uncluttered light light is is the the mind mind of us us practitioners—we are not just (passive) onlookers Whether we we sense that that that the the the the unclutteredness lightness has any boundary—that is the the the contemplation of the the the natural conditions that that that currently emerge Now observe further If we contemplate that the the the light mind that that is is in in in front of us is is more more more expansive than our physical body the the the the the the more more more we contemplate the the the the the more more more uncluttered uncluttered the the the the the lighter the the the the the mind becomes Observe a a a a a a a a little further The sense of unclutteredness that that is more expansive than the the the the the the the body body and the the the the the the the physical body body that that sits here—are they they one of the the the the the the the same or or are are they they separate? With the the the the the the the question: “Does the the the the the mind that that is light have any boundary?”—that
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