Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 16 (14:35-17:45)
Yogi: I have always been thinking about fixing the future and a thought came up that nothing is certain and the only sure thing is death – and I said that’s not true. The only sure thing is now – the next moment I don’t know and I don’t have to do anything.
And with the past, I don’t have to do anything either because I can’t do anything. This realization was extremely relaxing, but it didn’t last long.
Sayadaw: Sometimes, an insight just pops up like that and some don’t last long. Sometimes, as we watch thoughts, we see their nature – some are right and some are wrong.
We will learn, when there are wrong thoughts in the mind, not to accept them, not to believe them and get involved with them.