Practice not responding

People often say that worries are inseparable from life.
However, not many people know the true nature of the problem.
Even if you feel a vague sense of deficiency and think, "Is this okay?", the problem is not easily solved because you don't know the true nature of your worries.
We harbor negative emotions like regret, anger, disappointment, depression, and anxiety at work or at home, but we don't know how to think about them in order to resolve them.
Because of this, the feeling of lack for no reason will remain inside me forever.
---From "Understand First Before Reacting"

One of the reasons people get into trouble is because they are overly judgmental.
Judgment is the act of forming conclusions or preconceived notions about whether something is meaningful or not, whether life is worth living or not, or whether one is superior or inferior when comparing oneself to another.
Self-deprecation like, "I'm the same anyway," is a judgment, disappointment or discouragement like, "I failed," "This is the worst," or "The bullies are fierce," anxiety or hesitation like, "What if things don't go well?", and character evaluations like, "I don't like that person and it's hard to deal with them" are also judgments.
Such judgments create a lot of troubles, such as dissatisfaction, depression, and anxiety.
---From "Chapter 2: Practice Not Judging Good and Bad"

To begin with, each person thinks with a different 'brain'.
So, naturally, the way of thinking is bound to be different.
People often secretly expect others to think the same way they do, but these expectations and preconceptions are nothing more than delusions.
Moreover, the desire to be acknowledged, which is the desire to be right, is always at work in the mind of ‘I am right’.
So when we encounter different opinions, we feel like we have been rejected and react with anger.
(Omitted) ‘Distinguish between the other person’s reactions and my own’, ‘Leave the other person’s reactions to the other person.’ This is the basic mindset to avoid worrying about interpersonal relationships.
---From "Chapter 3: Practice Shaking Off Negative Emotions"

Why do people want to compare themselves to others? Reading an article in a magazine about the average salary of people my age can be both reassuring and depressing.
When I read articles about people active in all walks of life, I sometimes feel a sense of burden or anxiety.
The mind is always turned towards the outside world, gathering various information such as occupation, status, income, appearance, education, and evaluation to gauge one's own position.
What is the source of this psychology? The purpose of comparison is simple.
After all, it is about wanting to satisfy the need for recognition and feel secure.
I want to think, 'I'm a pretty good person, and I'm not that bad.'
---From "Chapter 4: Practice of Feeling Free from the Gaze of Others"

What is competition in the first place? (Omitted) All living things desire to have their greed satisfied.
It is programmed into our brains that the purpose of our lives is to acquire something that will satisfy our greed.
However, the visible things necessary for survival, such as food, shelter, and clothing, do not satisfy human desires.
Symbolic signs that satisfy a person's need for recognition, such as status, education, appearance, career, and brand, are also included in satisfying human greed.
However, these symbols are limited in quantity.
So begins a scramble among people who want the same thing.
Conquest is victory.
This is where the competition begins.

---From "Chapter 5: Practice to Escape the False Reality of Competition"

This is because we believe that the answer to our own happiness lies within the world, and that if we work hard to acquire something of social value, we will surely be satisfied.
But if you think about it, what that 'desire' always brought was a thirst in my heart that 'there's something missing'.
People are inherently greedy, angry, and delusional.
In a way, the world turns by cleverly stimulating and exploiting these human anxieties.
If so, seeking answers in such a world will only result in greed, anger, and delusion.
Therefore, people cannot escape the cycle of hope and disappointment, that is, the cycle of the mind.
We must realize the true nature of the world.

---From "Chapter 6: I Don't Respond to Things That Make Me Tired"