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This physician practices dhamma as he works. This is good. The reason his dhamma practice progresses is because he remembers and does all the dhamma assignments that I give. From these assignments, he uses them to relate his natural conditions. Then, when I tell him to increase his focus, he will immediately x that in his mind. The following month, he will relate to me that he has raised his focus, as a result, his natural conditions have changed this way; the emergence-cessation has changed like this. These are the natural conditions that practitioners must relate. As he relates in this way, each problem is resolved, one by one.
Those of you who relate your natural conditions every day, this is a good opportunity. It is good to relate natural conditions every day, so that you may progress every day. But, some of you may lack con dence, not knowing whether what you relate is correct or incorrect. What is the correct way to relate natural conditions? How much should you relate? What should you relate? In reality, you can relate nearly all natural conditions. Why “nearly”? Can’t all natural conditions be related? Yes, you should relate all natural conditions, but anything which is not a natural condition should not be related. But you may not know what is a natural condition, what is not.
Now, let us review again how to relate natural conditions. We contemplate the physical body - sensation -
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