The emotions that arise from your thoughts are also recognizable, with fear and love and other types of feelings appearing based on your personal experiences. In this case, the annoyance arose from self-judgment for missing your exit. If you had a past experience of being punished for daydreaming, the resulting emotions might cause an even stronger reaction.

When something happens to trigger an emotion, your reaction to the event will be fairly predictable. Eventually, the thoughts and feelings will dissipate. Meanwhile, the parasite mind continues to create stories based on the mental, emotional, and physical inputs that triggered the painful emotions. As a result, you lose contact with where your thoughts actually originated. Although they were caused by an external source, they are now controlling you and the way you live your life.

As time goes by, the parasitic mind observes and records more and more objects, drawing your consciousness deeper and deeper in to that inner surround-sound theater. Your parasitic mind has gained control because you've lost perspective: the cause of your thoughts is not you. But your true self is always at the center, looking out at the feelings, thoughts, and physical objects the parasitic mind is focused on. You are not orbiting around those objects; they are moving around you. However, the parasitic mind has tricked you into believing that the reverse is true. As a result, you are now living an unconscious life with the parasitic mind directing the show.

When you lose your consciousness to the parasitic mind, the natural tendency is to close down because the emotions that accompany the parasitic mind's thoughts are real, and often uncomfortable. When you make a choice to stay safe instead of recognizing that your thoughts are the cause of your discomfort, you become what you are observing and experiencing. The parasitic mind and its external focus is driving you instead of your consciousness and inner awareness being the source of your actions.

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