CONTEMPLATION OF FEELINGS

But how does the disciple dwell in contemplation of the feelings?
In experiencing feelings, the disciple knows: "I have an indifferent
agreeable feeling," or "I have a disagreeable feeling," or "I have
an indifferent feeling," or "I have a worldly agreeable feeling," or
"I have an unworldly agreeable feeling," or "I have a worldly
disagreeable feeling," or "I have an unworldly disagreeable
feeling," or "I have a worldly indifferent feeling," or have an
unworldly indifferent feeling.
Thus he dwells in contemplation of the feelings, either with
regard to his own person, or to other persons, or to both. He
beholds how the feelings arise; beholds how they pass away; beholds
the arising and passing away of the feelings. "Feelings are there":
this clear consciousness is present in him, because of his knowledge
and mindfulness; and he lives independent, unattached to anything in
the world. Thus does the disciple dwell in contemplation of the
feelings.
[The disciple understands that the expression "I feel" has no
validity except as an expression of common speech; he understands
that, in the absolute sense, there are only feelings, and that there
is no Ego, no person, no experience of the feelings.]