SOLVING PROBLEMS

Problems are created by Mind
To keep us entertained.
Like politicians, priests, and their functionaries,
Mind generates problems to make sure we stay focussed in Mind
And maintain Mind as supreme arbiter and authority of our life.
If we didn't Mind, there would be no problem.
Any time we "don't mind", we say "No problem."
Problems exist only in the Mind.
Outside of Mind there are no problems.

You might find it handy to re-member that

Whenever you need to create some space around your problems.

There is space available, always......

Infinite space.

For Mind to survive itself, it will continue to create problems for you
To ensure that you continue to rely on your Mind.
Just when things are going along well in your life,
Problems arise.
That's no accident.
Your mind got bored and fearful
Of how well you were getting along without it.
Mind's message to you is always --
"Thou shalt have no other gods but ME:
Without ME, you will not survive."

Because Problems exist only in Mind,
They can only be dealt with in Mind.

Because Mind is finite,
Problems are finite (good news!)
And solutions to problems are also finite,
Always leading to further problems (bad news!)

Whenever you're beset by problems,
Remember.......
You are not The Problem,
The problem is not who or what you are;
You are a person that has a problem.
Suffering ceases the moment you stop I-dentifying-with.
You are not the contents of a cup;
You are not even the cup;
Think of yourself as the quality of the space
That makes way for and defines the shape of the inside and the outside of the cup
And cradles it in existence.
(You are actually more than that, too, but that will do for now).

Mind, and its stuff, is not all there is.......
There is much, much, much more.
Create a place, a space, a Context in which to hold the problem,
(eg. workingness, enoughness, ease-ness) -----
Any Context -- it doesn't matter --
A way of being for your problem to be in .........
When you click into the Space,
You'll find that The Problem is no longer all that there is;
There is more.

Now you simply have a problem, 
Without getting emotionally caught up in it.
Identifying with your problem is blinding and binding you.
The view from inside a problem
Is too limited to get you out of it.
Click into the space outside,
Wait until you are free of the emotion,
Then engage with the what-is of the whole situation.
Do whatever needs to be done
Learn whatever is there to be learned,
And let the problem resolve itself.