(11) If the body could talk,it would be telling us all day long,"You're not my owner,you know."Actually it's telling it to us all the time,but it's Dhamma language,so we're unable to understand it.
(12) Condition don't belong to us.They follow their own natural course.We can't do anything about the way the body is.We can beautify it a little,make it look attractive & clean for a while,like the young girls who paint their lips & let their nails grow long,but when old age arrives,everyone is in the same boat.That is the way the body is.We can't make it any other way.But,what we can improve & beautify is the mind.
(13) If our body really belonged to us,it would obey our commands.If we say,"Don't get old."or "I forbid you to get sick,"does it obey us? NO! It takes no notice.We only rent this"house,"not own it.If we think it does belong to us,we will suffer when we have to leave it.But in reality,there is no such thing as a permanent self,nothing unchanging or solid that we can hold on to.
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