Practicing Emptiness

What is the difference between illusion, reality, and emptiness?
Illusion is when one focus on what the mind desires.
Reality is when one awares of what his mind sees.
Emptiness is when one reside beyond focus.

Illusion stage of practice
First one notice any convenience and inconvenience that happen in the mind. He succed doing it if he stop proliferating convenience when he feels inconvenient.
This is mean he has handle his illusion, and ready to step into reality.

Reality stage of practice
He then focus on any happiness (mental convenience) that happen because the love to his belongings. When he feel it, he sees it just as "happiness happens", not as "this is good"
He also focus on any rapture (physical convenience) that happen because the fulfillment of desires. When he feel it, he sees it just as "rapture happens", not as "this is good"

Emptiness stage of practice
When he sees the gift of no new defilements, he doesn't think "this is because of me." but he thinks "this is because of the practice"
When he sees the gift of destruction of old defilements, he doesn't think "this is because of me." but he thinks "this is because of the practice"
When he sees the gift of finding new wholesome states, he doesn't think "this is because of me." but he thinks "this is because of the practice"
When he sees the gift of strong wholesome states, he doesn't think "this is because of me." but he thinks "this is because of the practice"

Emptiness stage is not buddhahood. It is Dhamma, but if you still attached to it, you can't liberate. You only reborn as Brahma. You must continue this practice with another practice called Dhammanupassana.

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