If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind's every waking moment will be plotting those things. That's how it stays identified - as a body, as a you.

Affecting the world is obviously possible when we see people in the world who we really love and respect and we see how that they affect our lives.

When I believed my thoughts I suffered.

Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.

When you srgue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.

When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.

I didn't fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.