Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 4 (1:50:50-1:55:43)
Yogi: I worked with the question of how, when and why l lose awareness when I was meditating and after a while got caught into telling stories and having conversations in my mind. Then, I stopped and asked a simpler question and that helped.
Sayadaw: From this, you need to learn what is the limit, how much you can use the question before it goes out of control and becomes a whole conversation.
As long as it is making the mind pay attention, that’s fine. Once it starts to think about the question, it is too much conversation and you lose mindfulness.