Swiss Retreat 2019 Group Interviews 7 (1:05:33-1:07:41)
Yogi: In the first sit this morning, the stomach made a loud rumbling sound and I felt embarrassed. I saw that it was the expectation for a good, quiet sit that made me ashamed of the sound. When I realized that I could let it be – it was just the stomach doing its work – the shame vanished.
Sayadaw: These principles relate to many things in our life, but we don’t immediately see the principles when we experience something.
But if we understand the principles deeply about something like this, then the deeper the understanding, the more easily we see it in other scenarios.