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would still awake to experience the sound. When we cannot fall asleep, we wish to sleep but our mind does not. This shows that the mind does not belong to us. It does its duties, the mind is driven by natural conditions, causes and conditions—it emerges then ceases.
Therefore, when we go home, how do we practice vipassana? If you ask me, I will tell you to practice this way that you practice here. So, what is this way? It is to practice vipassana in such a way that when we go home, we will not have sufferings. How? When we are here practicing vipassana, contemplating the physical and mental phenomena—we do it until we understand that nothing belongs to us. So, when we go home, what do we claim to be ours? This is worth pondering. When we left home, the home is no longer ours. But, when get back home, it becomes ours again. Strange, isn’t it?
Some are not even like that. When they left home, the home came with them. They carried the home here with them, walking with a heavy load. Some left the home behind as soon as they left the place. Over these past five days, I feel that each of you has begun to let go, leaving the home where it is. Leave things where they happen—give us some freedom. This is possible because our wisdom is strong, and our awareness is strong. We have the concentration and the awareness and we contemplate the phenomena of our body and mind.
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