Yogi: I’m always disturbed by the thinking mind.

Sayadaw: When we practice vipassana meditation, there is no disturbing object. We are not interested in concept; we’re interested in the process of mind, that something is happening.

We’re not interested in the sound; we’re interested in the hearing process. Don’t pay attention to the sound; if you pay attention to the sound, liking and disliking will arise.

Inside the hearing process, there are sound, knowing, thinking and feeling.

No object disturbs the mind; so, this right thought is very important. It is the same with thinking.

There is no disturbing object for the vipassana meditator, but for the samatha meditator, sound really disturbs the mind because they cannot get deep concentration when it is noisy.

Sound is totally disturbing for the jhana practitioner. It is not for the vipassana yogi – because of sound, we can understand anicca, dukkha and anatta. So, we use sound as an object.