NON-IDENTIFICATION DOES NOT MEAN BECOMING INDIFFERENT

IMS Retreat 2012 Q&A Group B#1 (47:10-49:32)

Yogi: How can I prevent becoming indifferent from practicing non-identification?

Sayadaw: Look at it as nature and not to consider it as ‘not-I’ or non-identification because when the mind doesn’t understand the concept, thinking that this is ‘not-I’ or ‘not-me’ is not real.

The purpose of feeding the idea that whatever happens is nature is to allow us to observe what is happening in as neutral a way as possible. It is only to assist the awareness and not to believe that it is so.