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the sensations aggregate, correct? These are natural conditions that emerge. If sensations emerge, they are mental sensations, called equanimity sensations (upekkha vedana)—the feeling of nothingness, just emptiness and neutrality.
When we contemplate the emergence-cessation phenomenon, the important thing is for us to be free from attachments. The awareness of the emergence- cessation of the physical and mental formations is like being aware of new lives. Our lives are our physical and mental phenomena, correct? Only the physical body and the mind—these are physical and mental phenomena. Whenever we experience the cessation of the old physical and mental phenomena, and we experience the emergence of the new physical and mental phenomena, it is like experiencing a new life. But, this requires careful and detailed contemplation, to really be focused on our contemplations. What is the usefulness of being aware of the emergence-cessation phenomena? What good is it? Some practitioners wish to know why we need to be aware of the emergence-cessation phenomena. What good is it? If we used to have this question, hopefully we no longer have it now.
When we are aware of the emergence-cessation of all conscious phenomena, the briefer they are, the less our mental fabrication. The longer the phenomena persist, the more the fabrication. The longer we are
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