Four Yogas Of Mahamudra:
I. Yoga of One-pointedness. Repentance.
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As repentance connects an object and a reaction to it (causes and phenomena), it is, in fact, impossible to draw boundary between "me" and "others".
This means, that mind-essence that is discovered in practice of repentance, is not limited by the individual ideas and qualities.
In the course of practice of repentance, with the refinement of ability to perceive the causes of suffering and the deepening of realization of the non-permanency of existence, the effect of the ability to repent in every suffering, in whomsoever it is inherent, is noted.
Properly speaking, contemplation over the non-permanence of existence exposes every suffering we meet or even information about any suffering as insufficiency of abiding in the ocean of poisons of ignorance, anger and attachment.
Deepening of this contemplation-repentance with the help of the outer stimuli cuts off the inner causes, awakening thirst for liberation, good intention and sensible self-knowing.
Refinement of the perception of causes, occurring on the inner plane, reduces the unhealthy sensitivity to the outer irritants, opening in our consciousness a new possibility of repentance in the roots, that gave birth to sufferings we meet. On this stage repentance becomes a pure mental act, gaining accuracy and power. This process is a process of giving.
When the mind-essence manifests its qualities through the practice of repentance, the need in conformation of its own existence (that is clinging to thoughts, emotions, outer objects and the like without realization that our own mind produces all these) declines, being absorbed by the capacity for acting.