ATTACHMENT TO THINKING

Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 5 (1:20:05-1:21:23)

Yogi: This attachment to thinking is frightening. How do I get rid of it? It feels like we’re human thinking and not human beings.

Sayadaw: We need mindfulness and wisdom. When there is enough wisdom, the mind will know what is enough – what is necessary to think of and what is unnecessary or tormenting thinking. 

We do have a lot of attachment to thinking – it makes us feel real and validated.