What are simple steps to fix our mental software?

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So, what are the simple steps that somebody can do to fix the software? Yeah. Ultimately, there are two things which you should not confuse.
There is the simple and there is the easy. So, in terms of conceptual understanding, what we are talking about, it is fairly simple. Okay, if I find I am getting overwhelmed by worry about something, let me think, in this situation, what is it that I am focusing on? Okay, this has gone wrong, this has gone wrong.
Let me think, is there something right in my life? Yeah, if I look at it, this is working well, this is working well, this is working well. So, we can just redirect our focus away from the problem to the things that are right. That way we can change what we are perceiving.
And then, as far as processing is concerned, if we, especially if we associate with spiritually minded people, if we study spiritual books, we will see how throughout history there have been people who have faced problems, the best problems far bigger than what we are facing, and how they have processed very differently from what we have. So, we need living examples of how life can be viewed differently, how life can be responded to differently. So, spiritual life stays very abstract and difficult if we try to do it alone.
But if we are associating with others who are also doing it, then from their example we can learn, and then it becomes much simpler to implement. So, in general, associating with other spiritually minded people who understand the way we think, and whose way of thinking we understand, that makes things much, much easier. So, we can change our processing that way.
And, in any situation that we are in, if we cultivate this attitude, you know, I am not the whole. I am a co-operator. So, I am a part.
Okay, what is in my control right now? What can I do? Oh God, how can I serve in this situation? How can I contribute to this situation? Just shift that focus. You find there is always something I can do. And that way, even in any situation that we are in, we can change our thought pattern.
And, especially with mantra meditation, if we just do that diligently, even without our consciously going through these three steps, we will find that our thoughts will change. Yeah, there are things which are right in my life. Things still are.
Not everything has fallen apart. There is much that is right in my life. And if I work from what is right in my life, I can set things right.
If I start working from what is wrong in my life, then I feel everything is wrong. So, that way, just applying in association, what we have learned, that itself will help us move forward. And as far as the many different paths are there, we need to know that just like if there is a building and you have to go to the upper floor, there can be many stairs to go up.
Now, it is not that the other stairs are wrong. It’s okay. If this is what works for me, let me take it.
We don’t have to worry about all the various paths that are there. Path works for us, take it and move on. Does this answer your question? Any other questions?