TIREDNESS DOES NOT MEAN AWARENESS CANNOT BE PRESENT

Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 16 (1:09:25-1:14:17)

Yogi: I was too tired and couldn’t be aware of the sensations or feelings clearly. When I tried to look closer, they became weaker. 

Does the mind need a lot of energy to keep the sensation obvious and stable? 

Sayadaw: You couldn’t know the sensations or feelings strongly because you were too tired. 

Even though you were tired, you could sense them weakly and you could even sense that they had changed to neutral. 

It seemed that although the mind was tired, the awareness was pretty good because of momentum and wisdom.

Tiredness doesn’t necessarily make the mindfulness less good.