 One step beyond that because I know it ain't true. That's why you're here, right? So A, B, and C back up to show that what I believe about myself in my world, which is what I put in D in some way, is the fact. I mean, that's the way it really is. You know, look, see? Wouldn't you agree with me? You know, that this just proves that, you know, there's a control problem here. And whatever I believe, I am obligated to prove that it's right. And so that's why we have to get back to the beliefs because otherwise I'm going to go around proving that I'm right about what I believe. And if I'm not clear on what I believe, a lot of the times I'm going to go, I don't like what I'm seeing. That's why it's important to get back to the belief because the mind has to prove that what I believe is, in fact, the case. I question that. And maybe I'm taking out a context and dealing with a different part of it. But with me, I don't care what you believe or how you bake your pie or how you clean your house or deal with your kids. That's your affair. I do mine differently and I don't impose that belief in how it should be done on you. But that's the part we're talking about. We're talking about the part where you believe what you believe. We're not saying that she has to be right about what she believes. But I have to, in my mind, I have to know that I'm right about what I believe. Otherwise I won't believe it. I'm not about proving it to anyone else. I'm only proving it to myself because otherwise if the mind thinks if what I believe isn't true, then this is chaotic. Why would it believe it? So I want to prove that what I believe is true. I want to be right about my beliefs. I want to be right that what I believe is believable. You want to be right that people like Nancy shouldn't be the way they are. Oh no, I disagree. But what are you getting angry with? I don't know yet. We haven't even thought of a change. No, I mean the world is full of Nancy's. She's got sisters all over this place. That's a fact. What you want to be right about is the fact that there are times when you are out of control. That's the point. That's what you want to be right about. Your belief is that this is an instance where you are out of control. Well, that's not my belief. That is a fact. See? There's a four one now. The last sentence on the paragraph where it says you said this instrument was not tracing back and held a willing mind. And that's what I do right here is you're willing. You're saying I do not like how this feels with Nancy. So there's a willing mind let go of what it thinks it knows. In other words, I've got students that I work with all the time and the one thing to keep going back to is you have to let go of what you think you know you're seeing and you're perceiving. But what I think I know, if I understand what you're saying, what I think I know is not this thing out of control. Out of control. That's a fact. I thought what I think I know is that Nancy's behaving in an undesirable fashion. Isn't that what I think I know? Well, whatever you say, that's a fact. But that's a fact. I'm out of control. Okay, but you think you know that it's a fact that you're out of control. You think that's not out of the question. You think that is absolutely indisputable. You are out of control. It is indisputable. But are you willing to question it? No, I'm not. I lost your train. That is what's causing me a problem is that I lose control. So what if it's just a perception that you're out of control? Are you willing to entertain the possibility that it's merely a perception that you're out of control? And that it's not the fact. And it's not the fact. And therefore it could be looked at differently. I don't know where that would get me. I'm not trying to speak myself. You don't have to know where it's going to go. Just are you willing to look at that possibility? That's all I'm willing to say. I don't understand. Let's put it in a different context. As far as your spiritual beliefs, you know, whether you believe in oneness or Christ or spirit or whatever, just a sense that there's something beyond this world that would be your true identity, we could say maybe Christ is not out of control, or spirit as I am, as I was created by the Source, is not out of control. So that's the only context we're talking about. If it seems like I'm out of control in this world, then maybe there's some things and some beliefs in my mind that I need to question before I conclude that that's the fact of it, that I really am out of control. Instead of, you know, just being open to that there's something beyond my awareness or my understanding as I perceive myself now that maybe isn't out of control. See, I'm perceiving the thought that my being out of control is not the problem where I perceive it as the problem that we need to look at. And anger is not a fact, it's a perception that's out on the screen so to speak. And I would agree that the ego is what's causing me a problem here and that's what allows me to appear out of control. So it's only the ego that could feel out of control. Who you are could not be out of control. Who you are is perfect and whole and complete. Okay, I think we're semantically having a problem here because then I see what you're saying, that's what you're saying, but it's my ego self that everybody else in the world has to deal with. And that's why we're saying there's no fact about that because that's not who you are. But for right now you need to prove that you're right about how things are. We want to. The ego wants to. The ego does. And your ego does. Sentient to take us to the three, I am willing to look beyond my perception of this upset, the meaning I am giving it and look within my mind. So this is where the empowerment comes into because gee, if the problem really is Nancy or if the problem is a certain other situation that I'm dealing with, you know, at work or here or there, then there's helplessness and powerlessness because it doesn't seem like those persons and situations are changing. It seems like they're staying there day after day after day, but if it's a perceptual problem and the problem is in my mind, the reason I'm feeling upset, then that's good news in the sense that, oh, I can change my mind. That I have control over. I don't have control over Nancy's mind. I don't have control over what happens at work or whatever, but I do have control over my perception and the meaning I'm giving it. So that sense is really just coming to that basis.