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“us” but we are still able to experience the physical body that sits here.
Now that the sense of unburdeness has been established on the mind that has been elevated into an emptiness, let us contemplate what the most apparent phenomenon within that sense of unburdeness is. Within the sense of unburdeness that encompasses the physical body, contemplate which phenomenon emerges the clearest. If—within the sense of unburdeness in front of us—nothing emerges, then we should look back at our physical body that sits here. This is what is called “corporeality” (rupa). The physical body that sits here is just a corporeality that exists. An unburdened mind is a mental phenomenon that experiences. Then, have a look back at that physical body that sits here whether there is anything that emerges.
“Anything” here means: Breathing, emergence- cessation phenomenon, vibration phenomenon, the beating of the heart, and sensations. Is there any phenomenon that emerges? If a phenomenon emerges, have the mindfulness to wilfully contemplate. Or, have the intention to contemplate that the phenomenon that emerges in an empty space, how does it change? Or, how does it emerge and cease? The phenomenon can be thoughts, or sensations, or vibrations, or clear black dots that emerge. Or, a brightness that emerges. Have the mindfulness to contemplate how they change.