In “The Land of Clouds” of India, Meghalaya, is the land of living bridges. People here find Ingenious natural solutions for fighting the forces of Nature.
And further, monks, a monk lives contemplating mental objects in the mental objects of the five aggregates of clinging.
How, monks, does a monk live contemplating mental objects in the mental objects of the five aggregates of clinging?
Herein, monks, a monk thinks, “Thus is material form; thus is the arising of material form; and thus is the disappearance of material form. Thus is feeling; thus is the arising of feeling; and thus is the disappearance of feeling. Thus is perception; thus is the arising of perception; and thus is the disappearance of perception. Thus are formations; thus is the arising of formations; and thus is the disappearance of formations. Thus is consciousness; thus is the arising of consciousness; and thus is the disappearance of consciousness.”
Thus he lives contemplating mental objects in mental objects internally, or he lives contemplating mental objects in mental objects externally, or he lives contemplating mental objects in mental objects internally and externally. He lives contemplating origination factors in mental objects, or he lives contemplating dissolution factors in mental objects, or he lives contemplating origination-and-dissolution factors in mental objects. Or his mindfulness is established with the thought, “Mental objects exist,” to the extent necessary just for knowledge and mindfulness, and he lives detached, and clings to nothing in the world. Thus also, monks, a monk lives contemplating mental objects in the mental objects of the five aggregates of clinging.
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EXERCISE
PURPOSE: To practice mindfulnessin aggregates of clinging.
1. Look and contemplate on aggregate of MATERIAL FORMS.
Thus is material form.
Thus is the arising of material form.
Thus is the disappearance of material form.
Do steps 6 – 9 before going to the next step.
2. Look and contemplate on aggregate of FEELINGS
Thus is feeling.
Thus is the arising of feeling.
Thus is the disappearance of feeling.
Do steps 6 – 9 before going to the next step.
3. Look and contemplate on aggregate of PERCEPTIONS.
Thus is perception.
Thus is the arising of perception.
Thus is the disappearance of perception.
Do steps 6 – 9 before going to the next step.
4. Look and contemplate on aggregate of FORMATIONS.
Thus is formation.
Thus is the arising of formation.
Thus is the disappearance of formation.
Do steps 6 – 9 before going to the next step.
5. Look and contemplate onaggregate of CONSCIOUSNESS.
Thus is consciousness.
Thus is the arising of consciousness.
Thus is the disappearance of consciousness.
Do steps 6 – 9.
6. Continue contemplating this aggregate internally and/or as observed externally.
7. Be mindful of the origination factors in this aggregate, and/or the dissolution factors in this aggregate.
8. Be mindful that this aggregate exists to the extent necessary just for knowledge and mindfulness.
9. Live detached, and cling to nothing in the world.
This unedited interview gives fantastic insights into the thinking of Steve Jobs. Parts of the interview seem to be out of sequence. Steve Jobs talks about upcoming explosion in the form of inter-personal computing. This is what became Internet later. The possibilities in K-12 education that can be introduced by inter-personal computing are intriguing. Steve Jobs is very correct in pointing out that the bottleneck is good quality Course-ware.
I can really feel the energy of Steve Jobs in this interview. He introduced the dimension of artistry into computing. He talks about his vision of transplanting the telephone with computers, which he did accomplish finally. Here are some of his noteworthy statements from this interview:
“Art and the science, the thinking and the doing, is what resulted in those exceptional results… People who really did it, worked through the hard intellectual problems as well.”
“Probably death is the best invention of life, because there is a constant turnover…”
