|Sweden Retreat 2019 Interviews Day 4 Group B (1:19:00-1:21:27)
Yogi: I have a problem with recurring thoughts because I want them and I don’t want them, and I easily get lost in them.
Sayadaw: Firstly, thinking is not a problem because thinking is the nature of the mind – the mind is that which thinks. There is no need for you to stop thinking.
If you can recognize it whenever the mind thinks, if there is an active recognition of the thinking mind over and over again, you won’t get lost in thoughts.
If you do get lost in thoughts, every time you’re aware, bring the awareness to the body.
The problem is not the thinking mind; the problem is that you don’t like it. The mind will think. It is what it does.