Yogi: When the calm becomes dull, what do I do?

Sayadaw: You need to think.

You have to now think and reflect about your experience. You have to start considering – so, this is the experience now, what is the theory about the experience that I have been taught?

For example, there is the object and the awareness – so, in my current experience, do I know what the object is? And, do I know the awareness? Does the experience stay the same? Does the awareness stay the same?

How many objects am I knowing? Do I see the reality or the concept?

Investigate the experience against the theory. If you understand it theoretically, do you see it experientially?

You need to think about your experience, and that’s how you investigate.