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worry about greed, anger, or delusion. Why? Because if we wilfully contemplate without “self” and be aware of the present, delusion and anger could not emerge. If we are aware of the emergence-cessation of the physical and mental phenomena, our mind would become clearer, lighter, more uncluttered, and brighter. This is the reason why we must contemplate the emergence-cessation of the physical and mental phenomena.
Every conscious phenomenon can be used for meditative practice. When we have the intention to contemplate the emergence-cessation of all phenomena whenever we stand, walk, sit, lie down, eat, drink, work, speak, think—these can all be used for meditative practice. Therefore, the practice of vipassana can be undertaken at any time, without too much formality. When we cultivate mindfulness, we just need to be fully aware of things that occur. We simply need the intention to know what we want to know. If we want to know the emergence-cessation of the physical and mental phenomena, we must do this and once we do it, what is our mental condition? What are the end results? This, we must know.
It is not because I say it is good. If I say it is good, while you do not see why it is good, this is not alright. This is what we call paccattang (Translator’s note: Knowledge or wisdom that one must discover by oneself)—that is, we can only discover by ourselves. Discovering by
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