Jared Broker, the Blog

Looking within, seeing my web of connected judgements. Projected out, judging the same things about others. Oblivious to the inward, focused on the outward. Honesty and objectivity slowly brought the inner to light. A corrupted seer looked out. A veil of stupidity and arrogance. The viewer viewed itself truthfully once. It opened and saw clearly for the first time. The unraveling within began. The outside was as it has always been.

Pretend the thoughts and emotions which arise in you are not yours.  You have only believed that you are a you which has these endless out of control thoughts and emotions. Above the deeper level, "you" can release these thoughts.  Don't let them dig into your mind.  The temptation is to hold on to good thoughts and emotions as superior things. This is like trying to hold on to six good (thought) balloons in two arms.  With your two free fingers, you try to push away each bad thought balloon.  Inevitably, the good balloons are lost as endless bad balloons must be batted away.  They continue advancing.  They are attracted to the good balloons.  They follow them. The arms tire from fighting thousands of bad balloons combined with holding to the good ones.  You are demoralized to see so many good ones fly away as well.  You cannot grasp new good ones while you desperately hold to the ones in your arms. The answer where freedom lies is to open your arms and rest them