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think you could more or less say that there is a persistent habit of I-making which appropriates phenomena into self and other. The phenomena that are appropriated can shift but, as a sentient being who has not overcome ignorance, the habit or locus of I-making is persistent, even if it sometimes is sort of consciously latent, such as in a coma.

This principle, of note, applies not only from lifetime to lifetime but also from moment to moment. The person that you were at 2 years old is not the same person that you will be at 52 years old (should you make it that far), but nonetheless there is a certain apparent causal relationship between the two - if you lost a finger at 5 years old, you would not have the finger at 45 years old, even if you aren't exactly the same person.

This also applies even from the time you started reading this comment until now.

Fundamentally, basically, Buddhism is not a physicalist philosophy in which the nature of consciousness fundamentally is emergent from physical phenomena, which generally speaking would imply that when, say, the support of the body dies, the consciousness is annihilated. It is a bit different in that, basically, you might say that the mind gets 'enworlded' in a body, and the body acts as a support for this enworldment, more or less.

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You are not a monk

Practice

There are very good reasons why monks live in the conditions that they live in. Keep this in mind as you practice.

Have a nice day!

Can you expand on this thought? I don't know what you are really getting at

It just means that we should approach and practice the Dharma like the lay people that we are, living in the lay world that we live in.

Monks practice in very controlled environments so we should keep in mind that our environment is everything but controlled or controllable.

Basically, be kind and patient with yourself as you practice.

What differences are there in approach and practice?

This is purely anecdotal but I often beat myself into submission for not being able to respond “like a monk would” in certain situations. Being surrounded by people who haven’t even heard of the Dharma let alone practicing it is just a very tough environment to practice the Dharma in so the kindness to “self” is all the more important lest you feel like you’re drowning.