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we are about to shift, about to pick up (something), about to touch, about to turn left, about to turn right, our mind will be aware, aware, aware. The contemplation of minor body movements is very important for all practitioners because it helps to strengthen mindfulness. The strengthening of mindfulness is the adjustment of the controlling faculty (indriya). Making our mindfulness, which is the controlling faculty, stronger; making it more powerful.
One more thing: As we experience our state of mind, seeing that it is unburdened and wide—observe that as we move, as we shift each time, is there any sense of self? Is there any sense of “us”? Or, is there only the mindfulness that does its duty to know that the body is about to shift, about to move, moving, putting (something) down, raising (something)? Do we feel when we are about to blink? What is the phenomena of each blink? Oh, I am not sure whether I am blinking. While I am not sure whether I am blinking, I am blinking rapidly. So, are we really in the present? Here is the observation of the phenomena of the minor bodily movements.
One more thing: When contemplating minor bodily movements, how do we experience? In fact, it is no different from when we experience the phenomena of the major bodily movements of breathing or sensations. We contemplate that each blink of the eyes—does the phenomenon cease? As we open our eyes, the phenomenon