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recognize it as not-self and dismiss it without making karma out of it. The karma in
this case is the agitation that you feel when others dont get it. This way the know-it-all
tendency, the belief that you are right, will be burned out.
Discrimination is a moment to moment practiceassuming you have a suitable
lifestyleand can keep your attention on the self, not on what is happening in your
mind and the world around you.
So far your understanding is intellectual. You are identified with the intellect, not the
self. Now it is time to separate the self from the intellect. Self inquiry is not asking the
Who am I question, except indirectly. It is questioning the platform from which your
thoughts (and the emotions that flow from them) arise. You do this by comparing them
to self knowledge.
Discrimination is the practice of self knowledge. The self is free of all thoughts and
feelings, so when a particularly troubling thought arises it is an opportunity to turn your
attention away from the thought to the awareness illumining the thought. When you
do this the thought either dissolves or shrinks to manageable proportions. In this way
you work on removing those thoughts that obstruct your appreciation of yourself as
awareness. As you progress more obstructions arise. At the same time you will notice
a subtle lightness and contentment. Eventually, you will remove the last obstructing
thought and rest in awareness as awareness.
James