Yogi: I feel that this retreat is just an awareness gym to build up the awareness muscle, to remember awareness, awareness, awareness.

Sayadaw: Yes, you come just to exercise, to make the retreat an awareness gym, that’s it. Think of all retreats as the gym. If the awareness is strong, you can see clearer and in more detail.

When the mind increases in wisdom, it does its job – you don’t have to do too much. When you are not skillful yet, it tries to do a lot and that is when you learn that they are all unnecessary. In the end, it learns that there is nothing to do.

If you understand the practice, there is nothing to do. All the yogi has to do is to exercise the awareness.