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our mind. Do we feel peaceful, light, neutral, silent, calm, or unburdened?
The point to observe is once the inflate-deflate disappears and nothing else emerges at all, only the feeling of emptiness. Here, it means, in front of us there is no emergence-cessation phenomenon, no changes. Observe that when we are serene in the emptiness, is there any phenomenon that emerge? If we calmly observe, there would be one phenomenon or another that would emerge in that emptiness for us to contemplate. For example, after the inflate-deflate phenomenon disappears and we sit calmly in the emptiness. If the thoughts phenomenon emerges, then we should contemplate that—see how it emerges and ceases.
Here, we need to have the intention in order to experience how the thoughts phenomenon emerges and ceases. This is not the same as trying to see where the thoughts are going. The intention is different. Wanting to see where the thoughts are going and for how long, and having the intention to experience how the thoughts that emerge cease. The intention is different. When we contemplate the emergence-cessation of thoughts, we will experience the characteristics of the cessation of the thoughts. But, if we observe where the thoughts are going, they would just continue on and on. Why? Because we think, we fabricate, hence the thoughts jump from one issue to the next and to the next—for the entire meditative
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