Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 4 (1:20:41-1:23:30)
Yogi: When the calmness turns dull, what should I do?
Sayadaw: You have to think and reflect on your experience. What have I been taught about the theory behind this experience?
The theory is there are awareness and the object; now, in my current experience, do I know the object? And, do I know the awareness? Do the awareness and object stay the same?
If you know it theoretically, do you see it experientially? How many objects do I know?
What might I learn from this current experience? There are awareness and calm, and it is getting dull – what can I learn from this?
Or, why has the mind become dull? It can be any question to activate the mind.
You need to think about your experience and that’s how you investigate.