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time—regardless of whether we are standing, walking, sitting, eating, drinking, doing, speaking, or thinking. Be wilfully aware of all bodily movements.
The most important thing is that we experience with a feeling of “non-self”, no matter what kind of bodily movements: Standing, walking, sitting, lying down, eating, brushing teeth, or showering. Try it, use the mind that is unburdened and light to experience all phenomena. How does it feel? Good? Is there any defilement that emerges? Consistently observe our own mind—observe the physical phenomenon, observe the mental phenomenon, observe the movements—see what the condition of our mind is.
When we practice vipassana, when we experience the emergence-cessation of the physical and mental phenomena—be it the inflate-deflate phenomenon, the sensation phenomenon, the thoughts phenomenon—the end results always impact our mind. When we wilfully contemplate the inflate-deflate phenomenon and we see how it changes—what is the condition of our mind? Is our mind more alert? Is it purer? Is it more peaceful? Is it calmer? Here, we can be immediately aware without having to think or be forced to. We only need to observe and wilfully contemplate. The end results impact our mind. When we talk about discarding defilement—it is the defilement of the mind, not the body.