Penang Retreat Nov 2019 Q&A Group 4 Round 4 (15:34-16:40)
Yogi: In a retreat when I notice that the wrong attitude keeps on running, what should I do?
Sayadaw: Stop practicing. Change the environment and the mood – just relax and only then come back to practice. You can take a walk, look at the sky, go swimming, or listen to music.
If the attitude is wrong, don’t even watch. When you practice with wrong attitude, it gets worse and worse because defilement is meditating. It is like sinking in quicksand.
When you practice the whole day with wrong attitude, it is dangerous. It is not a problem if we have right attitude because we’re cultivating the right thing.
If you’re wrong, and you continue to practice, you’ll exaggerate the wrong things.