Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

the real consciousness inside. When delusion occurs
from any outside objects such as a lovely woman,
beautiful flowers, enchanting music, or delicious foods,
one should think only that without one's mentalization
through one's real consciousness, they are nothing. One
should not pursue them. Let them pass.
b. The second stage of this meditation is to rid oneself
of the mentalizations within one's mind, keeping the
view that the consciousness is the master who creates
the mentalizations. If one's view always keeps to this
right truth, such mentalizations will vanish. For example,
when one remembers the taste of good food, this event
is only the mentalization, which may cause the person to
again pursue the good food. When one retains one's
view of the truth, one will not again pursue the good
food.
c. The third stage of this meditation is to rid oneself of
both parts: mentalization-objects within the
consciousness, and also the view of the subjective
master. One keeps only the entity of consciousness in its
natural totality, without the functions of the two parts.
When the mental objects inside the consciousness are
meditated away and the view of the master is absorbed
into the entity of consciousness, one attains self-witness
to the true consciousness. One then has no obstacles
caused by false function of the mind.
d. The fourth stage of this meditation is to get rid of the
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