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{{Landmark | {{Landmark | ||
|Name =Observe Impermanent People | |Name =Observe Impermanent People | ||
|image=A-Crowd-of-People-and-You.jpg | |||
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|Beacons=Association | |||
|Lenses=Nonself | |||
|Realms=Enrollment | |||
|Nutshell =is a chance to experiment with the idea that there is no permanent, unchanging self. | |Nutshell =is a chance to experiment with the idea that there is no permanent, unchanging self. | ||
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{{Landmark Question Section | |||
|Topic1=Changes in Other People |Question1=Can you observe and acknowledge that other people change from year to year, and even more often than that, they are in fact changing every moment? | |Topic1=Changes in Other People |Question1=Can you observe and acknowledge that other people change from year to year, and even more often than that, they are in fact changing every moment? | ||
|Topic2=The Changing You |Question2=Can you see - at least at some level - how "You" (The Self) is a constantly changing concept? | |Topic2=The Changing You |Question2=Can you see - at least at some level - how "You" (The Self) is a constantly changing concept? | ||
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Whenever you're in a group of people, especially if there's a variety of ages... | |||
* Think about who you are in this very moment. Your age, your appearance, your health, your clothing, your hopes, your anxieties. This is "You". | * Think about who you are in this very moment. Your age, your appearance, your health, your clothing, your hopes, your anxieties. This is "You". | ||
* Look around at all the people. Who are they? What is their age, appearance, health, and everything else? | * Look around at all the people. Who are they? What is their age, appearance, health, and everything else? | ||
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* And finally, just for a while, realize that each of us is changing each day, each hour, and really each second, and there is no "You" that could last for longer than that. | * And finally, just for a while, realize that each of us is changing each day, each hour, and really each second, and there is no "You" that could last for longer than that. | ||
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