THE MIND EXAGGERATES THINGS WHEN WE DON’T KNOW
Yogi: I worried a lot about work yesterday because I had my phone off and I didn’t know what was happening at work. The longer into the retreat, the more I worry.
Sayadaw: You worry more and more when you don’t get any information. Because you don’t know, the mind exaggerates things and the anxiety gets worse and worse.
When you don’t know, the mind exaggerates things.