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If after we have explored and no conscious phenomenon emerges in the emptiness or within the unburdened mind, we should increase the stillness and explore into the unburdened mind and experience that deep down, are there any changes? Are there any emergence-cessation phenomena? We must observe well. Natural conditions that are the ultimate reality do not have forms but they can be felt. One thing we can observe is within the emptiness that emerges—what is our state of mind? Do we feel uncluttered, unburdened? Do we feel brightness or complete darkness, or dimness? These are all conscious phenomena that we can contemplate. When we observe in this way, there will be natural conditions for us to contemplate continuously. When we experience the conscious phenomena within the unburdened mind, these phenomena are considered to be in refined forms and are ultimate realities.
When we wilfully contemplate the emergence- cessation phenomenon, the consequence is that we must be aware that after such contemplation, what are the conditions of our mind? When we experience the impermanence of the corporeality, we may see that it gradually fades away. Some may experience that his arm is missing, his body is missing, or his head is missing. The key is that this is us detaching from descriptive reality. We no longer are attached to the structural and solid forms. We see these forms disappear or fade away,