7.5 The Truth of Psychological Afflictions: The Ego's Sentimental Drama

7.5 The Truth of Psychological Afflictions: The Ego's Sentimental Drama

【Insight】
The psychological stress, anxiety, and depression prevalent today are essentially the results of an overly heavy Ego‑identity. So‑called mental suffering is simply the fictional character of "Snow White" taking her script too seriously---a tragic story written and fervently believed by "mind at work."

【Reality】
Depression arises when attention is habitually projected onto negative imprints of the "past"; stress is the exhaustion of attention spent on illusory fears of the "future." Both are the lost wandering of 'mind at work' in the illusion of time.

【Instant Healing through No‑Mind】
Instant Disconnection:
When you recognize "No‑Self"---that the one who is anxious or depressed is merely a projected character, not your true nature---you instantly cut off its energy supply.

The Deep Sea Effect:
Stress and depression are merely dark clouds above the sea. When you withdraw attention and return to the unmoving, unstained, pure Background of the Deep Sea (No‑Mind), these clouds lose their foothold. You need not "fight" depression; you simply render it irrelevant through No‑Self.

Immediate Liberation:
In a single second---when you shift from "I am the victim" to "I am the Awareness observing this"---the heavy burden evaporates like morning dew under sunlight.