Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 14 (1:30:13-1:34:06)
Yogi: I was angry because all the showers were taken; subsequently, I was angry with each person I met. It was awful; all for nothing.
I tried to look at the anger, not at the person. Soon, the anger subsided.
It was a bit magical – how I perceived the person I saw and was angry with an hour ago and how I felt was now totally different. I had a calm and warm feeling.
Sayadaw: We have to have the experience of aversion in order to be able to watch it and then experience the magic of mindfulness – and learn something about aversion, not only aversion, but any object.
If we don’t have those experiences, we cannot learn.
In Vipassana practice, we use the experience as the object in order to learn and gain wisdom.