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experiences this phenomenon, it should also cease. This is to experience the emergence-cessation of the physical and mental phenomena.
Today that I teach about the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana 4), I hope practitioners will have deeper understanding of vipassana practice. In contemplating the natural conditions, please use this understanding. One more thing, the conditions or phenomena that I talked about, if they are not the same as what you are experiencing, do not try to find them. Use the current phenomenon that is in front of you as key—and things will eventually progress. Do not try to see or force the phenomenon that I mentioned.
Furthermore, when we contemplate conscious phenomena, when we practice vipassana, if we force ourselves or if we concentrate too sternly, then we would feel cramped, we would feel headache. The correct way is to step back and use the awareness to contemplate steadily and consistently, but do not force that phenomenon to be crystal clear. If the phenomenon is light and fine—then we should be aware that it is light and fine. We do not force it to be solid or vigorous. Be clearly aware of how the phenomenon is and what we experience—not what we force it to be.
The easiest way to find happiness is to have “contentment”. That is to be contented that we have no sufferings. Has anyone ever seen the state of no-