Yogi: The mind is dull and it feels like everything is old.

Sayadaw: When we start to feel that the practice is not fresh and light, we need to check our attitude. Is the mind wanting something? 

You check your attitude and now you see your attitude – the mind doesn’t like the present moment. So, you now have to start watching the aversion. 

We just take what we are given – this is the present moment and we take that.

If we keep on comparing the dullness with the morning freshness, we’ll keep going in circles for days. We don’t need to want what we had in the morning; we just need to be aware of the present moment as it is.

Yogi: I was thinking that I was doing something wrong.

Sayadaw: There is no need to be good; we only need to be aware.