IF OUR EMOTION INCREASES WHEN WE’RE AWARE, CHECK OUR EXPECTATION

Singapore Q&A 10.7.2023 (0:58:40-1:00:34)

Yogi: An agitation arose in the day and I tried to stop it, but the mind just wanted to return to the suffering.

I checked my attitude and asked ‘Why is the agitation happening’ and ‘What is the quality of my mind’. I wanted to know the nature of agitation with right attitude; I waited and watched.

I did not control the experience; whatever happened, I just watched and constantly checked if the awareness was still present.

Later, the mind changed and became peaceful and the agitation and disliking feeling reduced.

Sayadaw: That’s right; it is already good. If we practice the right way, the emotion will reduce. That is why I say if we’re aware the right way, the emotion reduces.

When the emotion increases as we’re aware, it means that something is wrong with the awareness.