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the bodily movements—to attach our awareness to the movement. To be clearly aware of stepping our right foot forward, to be clearly aware of stepping our left foot forward. At the same time, we should observe what the conscious phenomenon of each movement is. Does it move smoothly in a linear pattern, or does it move at intervals with accompanying emergence-cessation phenomenon. This is the way to observe emergence- cessation while we practice walking meditation.
If you have any questions about meditation, please ask in order to fully understand the way. During these seven days, you will relate your natural conditions and communicate the results of your vipassana practice. If you have any questions about your natural conditions, please ask. Each person’s natural conditions are not the same and each person’s awareness and concentration are not equal. Therefore, do not pay too much attention to others’ natural conditions, focus on your own. If you have any questions, please ask.
In addition to contemplating the emergence- cessation of conscious phenomena, what is another goal of our vipassana practice? It is to extinguish sufferings, to unburden our mind, to be happy and, ultimately, to attain nibbana. Therefore, when we practice vipassana— whether during our major or minor bodily movements— we should be earnest and really have the intention to contemplate. Even if we practice earnestly for a brief