Yogi: When anger arises, I also see the thoughts and the storyline. I’ve been seeing the same thing with the same triggers for more than 2 years, usually about the same person.

Sayadaw: It means that the mind has not learned yet although you can be aware.

There is nature and the storyline – feeling is nature. Feeling has no concept, it is only intensity, strong, weak, strong, weak, that’s it.

The storyline is the problem – who, where, or what. Concept is defilement object while nature is wisdom object. Choose what you want to do.

Now, you understand that if you pay attention to the concept, defilement will arise. If you pay attention to nature, the mind will calm down.

So, which way do you want to go?

Sayadaw: If you think, it means that you do not know, right? Thinking and knowing are different. If we think, it means that we don’t know.

Now, we try to know if awareness is present or not, checking if awareness is there or not. That is why I ask you: What is the mind aware of?