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Try to practice along as I speak. As we contemplate in this way, how is our mind? Start by observing whether the mind that experiences and the body that sits here—are they one of the same or separate? Once that is observed, see whether the mind that experiences and the arms— are they one of the same or separate? Separate. Every time we see that they are separate, how is our mind? It is unburdened. This is what guarantees itself. That is, when we see it this way, how is our mind? Not what do we think? This is different. When we see it this way, what we think is different from what we feel. This is the result.
Observe further. When we think about our face, the mind that experiences and the face—are they one of the same or separate? They are separate. Another guarantor—observe this, when we see them as separate, how does it feel around our face? Does it feel heavy or light? The mind that experiences—does it feel heavy or light? If feels light, correct? The mind that experiences, which is light, is called the characteristics of the state of the mind. Now, in our body that we claim to be ours—our hair, our eyes, our ears, our nose, our teeth, our skin, our flesh—observe whether the corporeality and the mind that experiences—are they one of the same or separate?
As we continuously observe this way, we will be aware that our mind and these phenomena are always separate. Observe what our state of mind is. This is
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