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　　All of these things have been true ever since before we investigated them, but the defilements have closed our eyes to them. Even though we see them, we don”t see them for what they are. Even though filth fills the body, the defilements deny it entirely and turn it into something beautiful -- and we believe them, without looking at the Dhamma that”s waving its arms at us, ready to help us at all times, as if it were calling to us: ”Hold on. Hold on to the Dhamma. Hurry up, and you”ll escape from danger. Hurry and let go of the defilements. They”re a fire burning you.”

　　See what happens when you smash the defilements to bits. Fight with them until you have no more breath to breathe. That”s when the Dhamma will fully reveal itself in every facet for you to see clearly. This is the way of digging into the things that conceal so as to uncover the truth: the genuine Dhamma. If we see the truth, we begin to see the genuine Dhamma step by step. Even on the level of stillness, we”re already not embroiled with anything, because we have the savor of the Dhamma. The heart can drink of the Dhamma: mental peace and calm. The heart doesn”t jump or run, isn”t vain or proud, restless or distracted, flying out after various preoccupations, because it has found a satisfying food to sustain it.

　　When we use discernment to investigate -- to prepare our food, so to speak -- to make it even more exquisite than the food of tranquillity, turning it into the food of discernment, this has a flavor even more exquisite and refined, without limit, which comes from investigating and analyzing the body, the theme of our meditation. The basic principle on which we depend to counteract and remove the defilements lies right here, which is why the Buddha focuses his teachings right here. It wouldn”t work to focus anywhere else, because this is the primary place where living beings are attached. Attachments outside come second to this. When we have investigated so as to see in line with this truth, step by step, without retreating in our investigation or letting it lapse until we have clearly understood, then the point of ”enough” in our investigation, together with the point where we let go of our attachments, will appear of its own accord through the power of the discernment that has removed all things concealing, has dismantled all things counterfeit so as to see the truth clearly in the heart. Discernment on this level will then stop of its own accord.

　　As for the affairs of attachment, we needn”t say anything, because they are simply the results of delusion. Wherever knowledge penetrates, delusion will immediately retreat, so how can attachment remain

　　 It will have to retreat without a doubt. The more we investigate in preparing our food -- the flavor of the Dhamma -- through the power of mindfulness and discernment, unraveling things to see them clearly for what they are, the more the mind becomes light and airy. Disenchanted and dismayed. ”How long have I been attached this way

　　 Why have I dared to make things up in such a bull-headed way

　　” This is the exclamation with which we reproach ourselves -- because things actually haven”t been what we”ve made them up to be. So why have we made them up that way

　　 We then immediately see through the make-believe that has led to this state of affairs, because discernment is what penetrates and makes its choices. How will it not know what”s true and what”s not

　　 If we analyze the body to pieces, we can clearly see that it”s a living cemetery. When it dies, it”s a dead cemetery. How can we stand to look at it

　　 Look all over the world: Is there any place where there are no cemeteries

　　 There are cemeteries wherever living beings dwell.

　　Investigate on down to the truth. Is our discernment for us to make into food

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