... stop looking at yourself
... stop looking at yourself
... stop looking at yourself
... stop looking at the situation that's upsetting you
... stop looking at the situation that's upsetting you
... stop looking at the situation that's upsetting you
Yes, the problem is inside you, but you can't fix that right now. You're crazy. You're in no fit state.
The thing that's outside of you, which appears to be upsetting you, is not upsetting you: it's the neutral event onto which the upset is being projected. So there's no point in examining that, either, because even when you hear the truth about it, you won't believe it, as the psychological fuel originated deep down within you, and by the time you've turned the mental and emotional flame-thrower onto the external situation, it's too late: it's now burning brightly. You may think the flames are due to the situation being flammable. The situation is not flammable. No situation is. It's burning because you've projected flaming oil onto it. Anything will burn if you do that. So, it's not about the dumpster fire. The calls are coming from within the house. The problem lies within.
But, within, you're looking WITH the instrument that made you crazy in the first place, which smears everything with its rank flammable hell-juice then points outwards and says, 'Look what they're all doing to you!', but secretly enjoys the flames, all tangerine orange and terracotta red.
So, don't stare at the things you've already torched with the instrument you torched them with, thinking you can wrest happiness and satisfaction from your ego mind if, somehow, you could only manage your doggone crazy thoughts well.
And don't stare at the 'Torch Everything!' mind. It's lost. It's gone. It's over. It's a dead thought system. It's an ex-thought system. Let it go. It's a goner!
Soooooooooooooo
What do you do instead, Buster?
Immerse yourself in truth talk and experience of physical reality. Recordings. Videos. Classes. Books. People. Nature. Animals. Music. Art. Run. Cycle. Swim. Yoga. Pilates. Whatever. Immerse yourself until truth has dawned.
Darkness is an absence of something. You cannot handle or manipulate it. You cannot do anything to it. All you can do is create the conditions for light to dawn. Once light has dawned, everything looks different.
Then, the external situation can be appraised. But wait until daybreak. Do not leap into the burning dumpster. Let it burn itself out. Stay away. And look at the ashes tomorrow.
For now: dive into spiritual materials, get back into your body, and Do Something Useful.
Page 63 of the book tells us the formula: stay close to God; perform His work well, and sit tight.
Won't be long, now, if you're strict with yourself.