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So I suppose I can kind of see to some degree in my practice how impermanence and suffering go hand and hand. but again, I'd say duhka is not as clear at all as impermanence in my noting.
If it's not clear, do yourself a favour and don't strain for it like I did. Deliberately steering your inquiry toward dukkha is just another layer of fabrication, and an unpleasant one at that -- no sense engendering suffering over a perceived inability to discern suffering.
If you can't discern any dukkha -- great! Use those calmer waters to deepen your concentration and cultivate stillness to the point where subtler aspects of dukkha
do present.
Non-self remains somewhat of a mystery to me in my practice. I've read the descriptions in various contexts, and can understand to some extent rationally what non-self points to, but I don't "see" it in my experience yet.
The 3Cs form a line of inquiry meant to disabuse us of the habitual notion of an independent, separate, abiding self. So, don't look to it as a view to be adopted so much as an exercise to be performed. Rational thought and intellectual gymnastics are of little help where this is concerned. Keep looking toward meditative experience as the real acid test and you're bound to be on the right track.