The current cultivation task of ordinary beings is to strive for realization as soon as possible.

When the mind consciousness is absent, the manas—regardless of whether it can introspect itself—cannot be known, because without the mind consciousness, how could it be known? Take two people, A and B: whether A can introspect himself—when B is not present, how can this be judged? If B's eyes are obstructed, even when facing A directly, how can B observe and judge A's mental activities? The mind consciousness of ordinary sentient beings is just like B with obstructed eyes, unable to directly observe and judge whether the manas has any particular mental activity. Therefore, I advise ordinary sentient beings to just cultivate diligently with their heads down and prepare for personal realization; do not draw any definitive conclusions about the manas, and do not draw any definitive conclusions about the dharma of the seed-wisdom of Yogācāra—this is far, far removed from one's own actual contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) of direct perception.