When thoughts appear, they have no nature of their own. This is called “the union of appearance and emptiness.” Whether or not we realize this union of appearance and emptiness has no effect on the nature of thought. Within the experience of a particular person, however, there is certainly a difference between realizing the union of emptiness and appearance and not realizing it. Emptiness is the nature of things whether we realize it or not. When we understand this union in meditation, we realize coemergent thought.
Thrangu Rinpoche
from the book Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind
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