Q&ALing Shan Temple Retreat24 Apr 2018
Group 04 — Tension, Motivation, and Cause and Effect
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 57 min
Original audio: English · Chinese interpretation
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This group interview addresses handling tension, headaches, and drowsiness with a relaxed attitude. The Sayadaw guides yogis to recognize the mind-body relationship and maintain continuous awareness throughout daily activities.
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Transcript
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Okay. So for the first few days, first I felt quite tired, and I get headache very easily, and I felt suppressed, and then I realized that this suppressed feeling suppressed and unable to relax, and mindfulness is pretty weak. I remember that at show me when I first went to show me and I discussed this headache problem with you, and then— I forget.
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So you what? I forget. Oh. So you told me I should just relax. Yeah. Oh, I remember now. I had a meditation headache problem. Oh, okay. I remember now. Okay. And then I remember when I relaxed, awareness was already there when I was there. So then I focused my
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practice to just relax and rest, and
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keep checking awareness. Yes. And so I do more lying meditation and rest whenever I need. Yeah. You come from because of that headache. Very strong headache. Okay, I remember. And when I can finally relax, the mind can finally settle down, and awareness becomes a lot more natural.
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And
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I see that this feeling of suppressed, I was blaming the environment, the arrangement, everything. It was actually the dosa mind, the mind that wants something but doesn't get fulfilled. So now the headache problem is not as much as before, but it still comes and goes. Now I still, sometimes still.
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If your mind becomes more agitated, the headache comes back, right?
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If your mind is not stable or agitated, then this headache comes back more stronger, right? Yes. So take care of your mental state.
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Relax or peaceful. Yeah? Right. So be relaxed. Yeah. Your problem is you're relaxed or not. Checking you're relaxed or not. If your mind state is no good, the headache becomes more stronger, right? Yeah.
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When I have— And also your relaxed mind depends on your attitude. Idea also very involved, right? Yes. So I sometimes I ask myself the question. Don't allow negative, complaining.
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Understand, right? Don't allow them to increase. If this attitude is negative idea, it's increasing, your mind state becomes messy. The headache becomes stronger.
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Check your thoughts, idea. In myself. Yeah. How much do you have negative or not? Sometimes it's just like a cloud of confusion. And when I check, I just see the cloud of confusion. I just see the tension. How do you think? Then what do you think about this?
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To physically doing something to relax. Oh. Accept this situation first. Okay. Yes. Yeah, right. Yes. Accept first. Okay. Now I remember your problem.
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She also has a big problem about tension.
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And when I was doing more lying down meditation and rest,
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very naturally drowsiness
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comes, and I started to, because there was so much drowsiness, so I started to investigate drowsiness. I see that there is actually always— Lying down is effort is very important. Effort less. That's why it's easy to drowsy.
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Lying down posture is easy to be. Effort less. Yes. That's why the mind is not clear, drowsy easier. So when you're lying down, you need more checking. Or more checking. Checking aware. Or knowing.
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Effort. Be careful of effort again. Again. Again. Try to know. If awareness, you can maintain awareness continuously, the mind becomes clear. Right? If you cannot aware properly, weak, then drowsy will come.
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So I should check both energy and awareness, or just check awareness? Yeah. Just awareness is enough. Just. Okay. I can see that there's a resistance to drowsiness, but when I can see the resistance, this resistance die down.
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But then I will fall asleep very quickly before I can see anything. I try to investigate what thing drowsiness. But I also. I think better to be not lying down. Laying back. Oh. Okay. Just sit and relax. Yeah. Because of posture, it's also related to the mind state.
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But lying down is too much relaxed. So effort, easy to going down. So laying back is better. Better than lying down.
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I notice that when I maintain awareness, when I fell asleep, I wake up with awareness also. Already there. Yeah. Already there. It's quite interesting. Usually, if I take a nap, I wake up, notice that there's so much moha. Right. But when I try have the effort to keep checking, keep checking when I was lying down, wake up, I— Right.
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Keep checking means awareness is already there.
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So earlier,
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Seattle told me that I was thinking. I was walking, and then you told me you're talking while thinking, thinking.
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I checked what I was thinking. There's just no thought. Just like a cloud of just like confused mindset. And so I started to try to watch the mind, and I did see the resistance, as you say, but
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when I turned, I remember when I was at show meing, one time you told me to turn inside, to do like this. And it worked very well. But this time, every time I try to turn inside, the headache comes back. I think I put in. Oh. Yeah. So I go back to checking. Just check.
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Because of this, your energy becomes used, the energy, then the headache comes.
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That's everything. Thank you.
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Sayadaw U Tejaniya began his Buddhist training as a young teenager in Burma under the late Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw (1913–2002). After a career in business and life as a householder, he has become a permanent monk since 1996.…