This … perception of impermanence … gives rise to the knowledge that even those things which seem most intimate to us — such as our emotions — are transient states which come and go. … From … detached observation it … becomes clear that even one's conscious mind is but a process like everything else. Most people regard their mental life as their true inner essence ( … ), but insight meditation discloses that the stream of consciousness is just one more facet of the complex interaction of the five factors of individuality, and not what one 'really is'. Damien Keown
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