Sayadaw: Because of the object, the mind appears – it is cause and effect. For example, you’re in a good mood, but when someone mentions something you don’t like, the mind gets upset.

Conversely, the object changes when the mind nature changes because the object and mind are related, each conditioning the other.

Yogi: Does whatever memory or thought that arises at the moment of death influence the quality of death (object conditioning the mind)?

Sayadaw: If you know that it is a natural process – that the experience is just an object being known – then, you’ll be free of the memory or thought (i.e. wisdom mind conditioning the object).