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Therefore, observe that when we say the dhamma that we practice; that we elevate our mind into emptiness— making our mind unburdened, there is nothing. But, the things that we develop—good things—especially when we are here together. Our words and whatever we do, we should respect one another. Whatever—respect one another well. Everyone wants to be respected—even without the sense of self. Observe: This is nature; this is convention (sammuti); this is dhamma. Whatever is good is always good. Have faith in goodness; have faith in dhamma.
Sometimes we think about our dhamma. When our mind is like this, we still feel good. For others who have already experienced these natural conditions, how would their mind be? We say that we do not mind, but others may do! We leave it, we leave it. If we leave everything consistently, we will be free. We leave everything alone— everything is okay. We live comfortably. We do not mind this person; we do not mind that person. We do not mind this person so we do not get involved with this person. But do not just leave out other people—we should help them to polish, to clean, to wipe—if everybody helps each other, it would be good.
When we look in the mirror, we only see our face. Even if we turn our back to the mirror, we will see only half of our face (when we turn our head back to the mirror). But, if there are many mirrors, we will see all around us. We will