|China 2018 Retreat File: 20180528 Q&A 4 (1:17:30-1:20:01)
Yogi: I get agitated when I’m with people or when I talk to them, and I think that I stress them out too.
Sayadaw: You think and pay too much attention to other people. The mind pays attention to them because you dislike interacting with other people.
Now, you practice how to be aware of yourself (be aware of the 6 senses happening). If you can be aware of yourself, this problem is solved.
Because you’re aware of yourself and you continue to be aware, the mind settles down. There will be less thinking because the mind is busy being aware.
Now you’re agitated because the mind pays attention outside and thinks too much about other people.
When the mind is agitated, there can only be negative thinking; reasonable thinking cannot arise.