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Thinking vs. Watching Thoughts
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 min
0:00−1:16
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The teacher explains that strong awareness maintains a healthy distance from thoughts without becoming entangled. In contrast, excessive focus drains the energy for thinking and leaves the mind dull and sluggish.
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EnglishI find in this situation— And we talked about this last time when I was here—that if you don't look too hard at the thoughts, they don't necessarily go away. There's just a distance between the observing mind and the thought. Yeah. And then you get to see the natural mind, blah, blah, blah, blah, in all its drama.
EnglishBut that can't be your awareness mind is strong. No. Otherwise, because her situation is a she's not sure you're here thinking all the way. I was at one point— If your awareness and object is separated, that means your awareness is strong. That's why the awareness is not involved with the thoughts.
EnglishAnd sometimes I would look too hard at the thoughts. Yes. And then they would run away. Run away, yes. Disappear. You cannot think. That's before you focus too much, the mind cannot think. Because most of our part is energy. Use the energy to focus. The energy to think is stop.
EnglishThat becomes zombie. No.
EnglishThat zombie comes. In the meditation, yogi is becomes zombie.
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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.…