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Decision Overload
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 5 min
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A yogi shares about indecision when switching postures and difficulty making everyday decisions like eating due to a calm mind. The teacher advises simply recognizing the process of mind without attachment.
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EnglishHi everyone. Uh, question. I— last, not last, second more. I pay a lot of attentions, attention, between I'm meditating and when thought arrives. I quit, I go to walk, or to sit, or to dinner, or whatever. Um,
Englishit's, it's... when first the thought arrives, like, "Ah, maybe I go to sitting meditation," I see that. And then the question about it, "Ah, I'm interested in how this is developing." Um,
Englishand sometimes it's... so today I did walking meditation, and the thought arrives, um,
Englishthere. But it was connecting with aversion, because it was some, some development was working there, and I was like, "I want to get away." Um, but then there was also, next to it,
English"No, better to stay meditating," to get along with walking. And— but there was also some confusion about thinking arising, you know, what's actually the right time to switch from this meditation to the other form of meditation. And, um, I think eventually
EnglishI quit because
Englishit was a little bit stable. Sitting or walking? Walking.
EnglishYou can't do this right, so—
EnglishIs it actually important to, to, to see the only thing, or just the— Whatever. You choose something, right? Yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay. Fixed. So next time this question comes again, then you finish. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. You know. But still, actually interesting. But how did you explain it? Just see. Just see enough.
EnglishYeah. Next time you'll become more understanding. Yeah, yeah. Okay.
EnglishWhen
EnglishI'm— when I'm home, that time I practice very— very continuously. One time I need to— I try to eat my dinner. I see in my mind, "I'm waiting 30 minutes. I cannot eat." Trying to eat and watch it 30 minutes.
EnglishMy sister-in-law, of course, many times, "Eat, eat later, eat." I'm going to— I cannot decide to eat. There is no energy to not try to eat. Very mindful, very calm.
EnglishTo play away. I cannot move. You watch the brain as a— No. Just aware. I can— I like this. I can— I don't want to move. Okay.
EnglishAfter people look at me like crazy.
EnglishEat, eat. Many times close to it.
EnglishSo many times. "Oh, I cannot eat." Decide— no decision. I cannot move.
EnglishThat's why I want to find how to do sitting or walking.
EnglishBecause you're seeing the mind, you're seeing the momentum of— Yeah, very aware. Yeah. Don't want to get out of it. Were you attached to your awareness? Was there attachment there then? It seems to me— No, no, no. Not attachment. This is— cannot decide. The mind also not desire too much. But time to eat.
EnglishEating also diet, you know. Now I'm not that.
EnglishThat time, right? So that's why the mind not want to eat.
EnglishAnd then I start to eat that time. I check the clock. 30 minutes I already sleep in the dinner hall, dinner table. Nothing to move. That's why the people— my sister-in-law, older sister-in-law, and one auntie said, "He become crazy."
EnglishBecause before I'm talking, I'm joking a lot. And now I'm not, not— don't say anything. Very aware. They afraid.
EnglishThey're a little bit afraid of me.
EnglishBefore I always joking and nothing about this guy all the time. Now I totally changed. No smiling.
EnglishThey're a little bit afraid.
EnglishThen my brother heard about this. He very angry and calm. He talk to you, "You are crazy." Then I'm not angry. Then I said, "Yes, yes, their side is right."
EnglishBut I know I'm not crazy. Very what?
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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.…