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　　 Not only do we fail to understand, but we also love and grasp hold of it in attachment. We wouldn”t dare love or hold on to outside things in the same way, especially if we know there”s nothing good in them. We wouldn”t have anything to do with them. Yet here, we will take it all — the good with the bad. What can one say

　　 This is where we really show our stupidity. These eyes in our head see what the body is like, our heart knows, but it”s all on the superficial level of commonplace people. It therefore keeps on going, in a stubborn, unrelenting way without true knowledge, following the commonplace, mundane understanding. This is really the commonplace way of ignorance, the ordinary type of delusion in the circle of knowledge. It”s out of line with the truth, which is why we must find a way to introduce truth into the heart; for this is wisdom. Once wisdom is there, we will realize the truth — no longer concealed — about ourselves incorporated in this physical body.

　　Inspect it carefully. This body is not all that big: a fathom long, a cubit wide and just a hand”s span thick. We ought to be able to look it all over — externally it should only take a moment. On the inside, look deeply with a heartfelt examination, following its present state and conditions to its final dissolution. It doesn”t really go anywhere; it does nothing but advance towards its disintegration and a return to its original elements. And that”s all. Using wisdom make a deep-reaching and heartfelt investigation of this truth. When the truth goes straight to the heart in a way beyond dispute, the grasping and attachment will immediately withdraw. If the truth hasn”t yet penetrated, then investigate with wisdom until it does.

　　This wisdom doesn”t appear from anyone else. This profound insight into the body — which is right with us here — is something that arises from your own investigation, your own understanding. When that understanding is complete, you”ll completely let go. You”re the one who”s been holding on, and no one else can let go for you so investigate and free yourself.

　　Just look on the body as something to lean upon and abide with. If, through your stupidity and lack of wisdom, you see it as your-self or as belonging to you, it will cause you endless suffering. This is especially so at the final breakup of the aggregates. Your worries and regrets, loves and attachments, will all go out of control. Even more than ”a kite with broken string on high”, you”ll spin along with the wind. No one will know where you”ll come down, and all this in spite of the fact that the body is not worth such affection and regret. It is wholly made up of things destined for dissolution.

　　Are you going to persist in resisting the truth

　　 When the time comes, there”s no denying that the aggregates must break apart. This is the truth. Are you going to set yourself against it by still loving and cherishing, not wanting them to fail and fall apart

　　 In this opposition to the truth you will only heap up suffering for yourself, until finally there will be no way out. Unless of course, you take this present moment quickly to dispatch it through wisdom. If you succeed in this then you will receive that great gain — the supreme happiness of Nibbaana: "Nibbaana.m parama.m sukha.m!". However, if you should go against Dhamma, then it”s also quite possible that at that moment you”ll lose your faculties and wits.

　　Wisdom is a state of the art weapon system that should penetrate through your investigation to the truth. Release and let go [all attachments] in accordance with the truth, both now while you”re still living here and at the time of disintegration. Wisdom will then have clearly appraised the present situation and the future — nothing can now pose a problem.

　　Pleasures and …

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