if i should ever go mad

All suffering in the world has its beginning as a thought that was clung to and pursued in external reality. "I'm unsafe," "I hate them," "I'll kill them." If understanding and detached observation were possible for the thinker of these thoughts, they could be recognized, traced back to their origin and then released, allowing the thinker to feel their projected pain and return to a state of equanimity. The thought wouldn't be held onto and charged with emotion as is typically the case now, i...