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thought processes working within one physical instance— how is this? This, is what we want to experience, this is what we must observe. The working of the thought process—it happens automatically. Here, we only need to study dhamma in order to see whether what the Buddha said is true.
The results that follow are: Whoever has strong mindfulness and sharp wisdom to experience as the Buddha said, how is that person’s mindfulness and mind? Do we notice that our mind becomes more stable? We will become a person whose mindfulness is sturdy, whose mind is stable. Therefore, we wilfully contemplate in order to experience the Truth (sacca-dhamma), dhamma, the teachings of the Buddha: Each and every mental formation (sangkhara) emerges then ceases, forever changing. We have to pay attention and contemplate the emergence-cessation phenomenon here. If we contemplate in this way, we will experience the Truth more. We will experience the true nature of the physical and mental phenomena more. Then, our mind will steadily relinquish attachments (upadana), and then our mind will become more free. That is why we need to contemplate the emergence-cessation phenomenon.
When contemplating the initial mind, how do we do it in a timely manner? As I have said before, we need to contemplate with an unburdened mind, without a sense of “us”. Without a sense of “us” in terms of natural conditions.