Error of Personalization
The Mūlapariyāya Sutta goes further:
(1) The ordinary person personalizes the solid as “mine” (paṭhaviṁ meti maññati).
(2) The Arahat does not personalize the solid as “mine” (paṭhaviṁ meti namaññati).
(1) The ordinary person takes delight in the solid (paṭhaviṁ abhinandati).
(2) The Arahat does not take delight in the solid (paṭhaviṁ na abhinandati).
(1) Referring to the ordinary person the Buddha asks, “why does he do so?” (tankissa hetu). And answers, “because he does not comprehend” (apariññattassati).
(2) Referring to the Arahat the Buddha asks, “why does he do so?” (tankissa hetu). And answers, “because he comprehends” (pariññattassati).
This is the essence of the Mūlapariyāya Sutta, which discusses the differences between the ordinary person and the Awakened One (Arahat) in relation to everything experienced, including Nibbāna.
The paradigm shift (nirodha samāpatti) where the meditator withdraws from the paradigm of existence (bhava) and gets established in the paradigm of experience (nirodha), brings about the freedom or liberation (vimutti) from emotional excitements (tanhā) and accompanying suffering (dukkha), ending in the imperturbable serenity, Nibbāna. This means the mind that was purified will never become polluted again.