A theme with Sayadaw is how good concentration strengthens insight. This makes such sense. Even if we cannot see the results of our practice immediately, we know from experience that poor concentration, wavering here and there, following the habit of the mind to expand, yields poor results. As for open awareness, not concentrating on a single point, that too can be good concentration or wandering and wavering. The still point in 'choiceless awareness' is inside, back to awareness itself.
Sayadaw offers that with good concentration, we can see the chain of dependent causation back into past lives and forward into future lives. He tells the story of Mahadhana who squandered his life, illustrating how our future is determined all the time by our present.
This is Karma, the long train.
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