WISDOM'S ROAR

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IDEAS ARE THE LENS WHICH WE VIEW THE EXPERIENCE

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Yogi: There was dullness in the morning sit – the mind either was tight trying to keep awake or drifted into dreaminess. But when the mind saw it as being low energy, it was easy to be with the dullness.

Sayadaw: When working with aversion and greed, we’re looking at our feelings; we’re looking at pleasant feelings and unpleasant feelings.

And when we’re working with delusion and wisdom, we’re actually checking our ideas to see if they’re motivated by delusion or right view.

Yogi: Seeing the judgment is actually seeing the delusion.

Sayadaw: Yes. We should see the lens – right view or delusion – through which we view the experience.

Even when we’re observing aversion and greed, we should remember there’s some idea that is feeding the aversion or the greed; and when the aversion or the greed changes, to notice how the idea has changed so that you see the relationship.