Yogi: I realized that if I said what I was thinking, it could really hurt somebody badly. 

Now, it really motivates me to notice what I’m thinking – then, I won’t talk without realizing what I’m saying. 

It’s very important for me not to hurt anybody.

Sayadaw: When there is no mindfulness, it feels like there is danger for the mind. 

When there is enough awareness, we know when something happens in the mind and we know whether what happens in the mind is right or wrong, wholesome or unwholesome – then, we have a choice what to do with that thought.

If we don’t know, then we don’t have a choice because so often we can say what we think faster than we realize what we’re saying.

Now with awareness, you see it arise in the mind.