Swiss Retreat 2019 Interviews 1 (47:10-48:48) with Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Before we watch the emotions, first we need to know if we’re equanimous to what we’re watching. Are we resisting it – are we afraid of the emotion? Or, are we hoping that it’ll go away?
We need to notice and watch those motivations and feelings first before we actually try to watch the emotions directly. We need to train the mind by watching the wrong attitudes and resistance until the mind feels accepting. And, that’s when we’re ready to watch the emotions.
It is the nature of the mind that when it feels something pleasant, it will attach to it and when it feels something unpleasant, it’ll resist it and our job is to train the mind to watch the resistance and attachment so that we learn how the mind comes to equanimity.