Page 41 - Extinguishment of self, in search of dhamma

on how powerful our mindfulness, concentration, wisdom are, for us to be able to contemplate the emergence- cessation phenomenon which is so intricate and re ned. The emergence-cessation of the physical-mental phenomena while in the state of the Ultimate Reality (paramattha) can only be contemplated by the mind that is free from self, free from “us”. Regardless of how we practice dhamma, to experience the Ultimate Reality all require a sense of non-self.
If there is still us, there is still the sense of us and them, there is still self (atta). Having self is a descriptive reality (banyat). Self can only emerge using the natural conditions of the descriptive reality. Self cannot emerge from the natural conditions of the Ultimate Reality, because it has nothing to cling on to. There is only a sense of emptiness, there is only the mindfulness that experiences natural conditions that emerge. When there is no self, not only the state of mind is empty, not being able to cling on to, even the physical body sitting here also feels light. Sometimes, when the mindfulness is more powerful, the physical body vanishes, disappears, leaving only the mind that is peaceful, well-grounded, stable. The mind that is full of wholesomeness.
Therefore, there is only the power of the mind that remains. There is no corporeality. Within the corporeality, there is only power; meaning that the corporeality has
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