Page 97 - Extinguishment of self, in search of dhamma

answers: Stable). Ah! This is clear—the mind will become stable, rm—very clear in experiencing the natural conditions that emerge. The mind clearly understands its duty, not just doing things without reasons. The mind will then know the reasons and the results of its actions—why shift, why blink, why open the mouth to speak...
Observe that when we open our mouth to speak, our mouth does not open the same as before, our tongue is not in the same position as before. This is because the sound that we make (Translator’s note: Is different). Sometimes, we move our tongue, sometimes the mouth is wide, and sometimes it is small— why? Because our mind commands it. If we pay attention, we will really see that the mind directs that: Here we need to ick our tongue; when we make the sound “raw rua”, what is the tongue’s position; when we make the sound “law ling”, what is the tongue’s position. This is the nature of the mind. Because we habitually use it—but, if we do not pay attention—we will not notice whether the mind makes the command rst. This is the re nedness of the mind.
When we see how fast the mind works, it is just like what the Buddha said about the thought process (vithicitta)—in a snap of the ngers, a zillion minds emerge. The mind does its duty very quickly. This afternoon, a practitioner asked: In one physical instance, how many mental instances are there? Seventeen, correct? Seventeen
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