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>>19996077
Good words enlightenment anon.
Reflect upon the 5 remembrances:

1. I am sure to become old; I cannot avoid ageing. I am subject to aging, have not gone beyond aging. ...

2. I am sure to become ill; I cannot avoid illness. ...

3. I am sure to die; I cannot avoid death. ...

4. I must be separated and parted from all that is dear and beloved to me.

5. I am the owner of my actions (kamma), heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir"

Be wary and mindful of the kleshas , the poisons that bind us to attachment and perpetuate suffering:

sensual lust (Pali: kāma-rāga)
anger (paṭigha)
conceit (māna)
views (diṭṭhi)
doubt (vicikicchā)
attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa)
lust for existence (bhava-rāga)
jealousy (issā)
greed (macchariya)
ignorance (avijjā).


Be wary how this kleshas, through attachment can lead to distorting diṭṭhi (views) fixed belief systems that warp one's perception of reality with mental sickness mistaken for truth (like depression, hatred, negative ideology)