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genuine natural condition that emerges. A mind emerges, does its duty to contemplate, then ceases. Then, a new mind emerges. The question is: How did we experience this (Translator’s note: A mind emerging and ceasing)? If we think about the mind ceasing, will we experience it? How does the new mind differ from the old one? We cannot think, then experience. We can only cultivate our mindfulness, concentration, wisdom to become stronger. If we have the wisdom to contemplate on the right point, but if we cannot separate the physical phenomena from the mental phenomena, we will not experience how the mind ceases, how the corporeality ceases. We will feel that we remain an observer all the time, and cannot experience whether the mind ceases or not.
But, anyone who can separate the physical and mental phenomena—a mental phenomenon is like this, a physical phenomenon is like this—experiencing how the mind that experiences emerges and ceases. Then, that person will really experience the physical and mental phenomena—experience how they change or how they emerge-cease. Therefore, we should focus and pay attention to the phenomena in front of us—experience how they are. Have the intention to experience the present phenomenon, which is called the present instance. Every instance that emerges is the present instance—emerge-exist-cease—this is truly the natural condition of the present phenomenon.