Yogi: I’m struggling with what to do with the open schedule and I start to drink lots of tea. And, I have to run to the bathroom often.

I’m also struggling with my expectations and frustrations – not appreciating what is happening. I’m stuck with hanging around and wanting.

Sayadaw: How much and how well we’re doing, the results are already there. We don’t have to think so much about where we are. We just have to think about what to do, which is to be mindful with right view.

Don’t think about what you’re getting; just think about what to do.

The 5 days you have been here, you have 5 days worth of mindfulness.

Growing in the practice means that you have been more mindful, you have put in that much effort and you have developed some wisdom. It’s a bit more than what you usually have, and that’s it.

Your decision about what to do when there was no schedule was to have tea mindfully and the result was that you need to go to the toilet frequently. You go to the toilet mindfully.

So long as you do that, it’s fine.

When you pee, were you mindful from start to finish?

Yogi: Well, I don’t know.

Sayadaw: It doesn’t matter how insignificant the activity we see. When we put in the effort to be aware of the activity, from beginning to end, it becomes a meditation. It becomes almost a holy activity when we bring our attention to it and stay with it.

For example, you could have an insight while taking a shower.