One gets that which they put out. The realities you face a reflection of internal conflict. Many would then say: “Hey wait a minute… what about xyz-external-event?”. To a reply simply:

You get what you seek, as such that every event is objective… the subjective mind state applied to it is what constructs your suffering. As when one seeks out something, either consciously or sub-consciously, they have brilliant skill of manipulating the very circumstances to which they blame.

You are the warden to the cage in which you are also the prisoner. Make life better as the warden, and feel better as the prisoner. Move and renovate the cage, make life better for both the warden and the prisoner.

How?

Meditate: Warden.

Operate from an intention to dive deep within your psyche, as the protagonist is faced with their shadow side in film, you face that in yourself. And as with that media, so to do you become stronger and more fortified through it. The sooner you awake early and work through yourself before the obstacles can present themselves as ‘physical’ obstacles, the better.

Express and hold yourself accountable: Prisoner.

There is a reasoning behind your entrapment here, and the entrapment in and of itself is a state of mind (as the Warden makes it). Hold yourself accountable, and express, feel, and indulge in the emotional states. This is less than reactionary, this is feeling. Learn it, do it, love it, and you.

Move and expand your vessel: Cage.

The body is the prized construct to which holds the other two: ensure they have adequate room, food, furniture, healthcare, and the like. Exercise to fortify this physicality, move with intuition. Eat well and nutrient-dense, this is the fuel to the rest. A warden pushed to the max in a cramped office with cramped prisoners and flooding pipes, having gone days without proper food, will take that out on the prisoners and thus begins the cycle of internal suffering. All of which is mediated by treating the cage to consistent maintenance and cleaning.

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