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are all characteristics of the mind. In addition to knowing what the mind is thinking, we are also aware that the thinking mind and thoughts are separate. The thinking mind here is called “the mind that experiences” (vinnana ru). Sati (awareness) and vinnana (mind) are the same— the mind experiences and the awareness cautions.
Therefore, when we practice vipassana, we are required to be clearly aware of all the phenomena that emerge and exist. If we wilfully contemplate without “self”, we will only have the mind that is clearly aware of the conscious phenomena that occur. Then, we can observe how our vipassana practice or our natural conditions will change. For those who were not certain of how to contemplate the emergence-cessation phenomenon, hopefully this is now clear. As mentioned before, a person who can contemplate the emergence- cessation phenomenon needs to have discriminative wisdom. If one asks: What is the point of contemplating the emergence-cessation phenomenon? The answer is that it will result in discriminative wisdom. The wisdom to know the reality of the Five Aggregates (khandhas)— that they are not permanent. Hence, we should not attach ourselves to them and we should not consider them to be part of “us” or to be “ours”.
Just now, we mentioned that when we think about upsetting things, how do we feel? We feel burdened— why? This is because we have “self”. When we remove