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transparent, or shadowy? And, at the point of touch, how does it cease? It flashes and disappears immediately or it flashes slightly and ceases? This is the contemplation of minor bodily movements.
When we raise (Translator’s note: Our hand), we do it slowly. Why? This is so that we have the awareness in the present. Some practitioners ask: “When we go back home, what could we do?” At home, we cannot do things slowly. At home, things are not the same as here. We do not have time to be slow. We have to hurry. When we cultivate awareness, regardless of movements, we need to have the awareness—fast or slow—we need to have the awareness. As mentioned, we are here; we need to practice to act in a timely manner. Phenomena are quick—such as the emergence-cessation phenomenon. When we walk and the continuity (santati) of the physical phenomenon ceases—“peep, peep, peep, peep”—we need to be able to experience these phenomena in a timely manner. Our awareness will be a lot quicker in order to experience the phenomenon. “Wap, wap, wap”—that is its cessation phenomenon.
The faster the emergence-cessation phenomenon, the faster we experience it. This will make our awareness much faster. Now, when we move outside, when we go home—when we pick up anything—it will be faster. We will be immediately aware of the phenomenon that goes “woop, woop, woop”. We will be much faster. And, if
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