Yogi: When the ‘I’ was not much there, I was afraid that I would lose compassion for myself and others. But I realize that I don’t have to be afraid of that.

Sayadaw: When there is more ‘I’, there is more unwholesomeness and the mind feels more of the grief and all that are part of aversion. It experiences more of the grief; if there is less ‘I’, it feels less painful.