Yogi: So much is going on in daily activities – I have to concentrate on chopping the vegetables and I have to concentrate on being aware. I have so many sensations and thoughts and my mind is so busy and complex. Sometimes I’m aware and sometimes not.

Do I have to be aware of everything?

My meditation appears better in formal practice than in daily activities.

Sayadaw: Mindfulness doesn’t have to be good – you just have to try to be mindful. 

When you lose it, you come back – you lose it, you come back. That’s all that is needed.

If we keep practicing, the way mindfulness feels changes just because we keep trying. 

Don’t expect it to be like sitting. In sitting, it’s quiet and it seems like it is better mindfulness. That’s just an illusion; it only seems like it is better.