The mind's biggest trap is turning Direct Realization into a project. When you experience the 'falling' into no-space, the ego asks, 'Am I doing it right?'. This is not a question to be answered, but a pattern to be dropped. This is the deconstruction of the 'doer'.
Most are trapped on a rollercoaster of thoughts and emotions, a broken autopilot they mistake for themselves. This teaching provides the engineering to shift from a 'somebody' lost in the noise to the 'something' that witnesses it all. This is the first step to Direct Realization.
Positive thinking is a useful tool, but it's not the goal. It's a stepping stone from the heaviness of Tamas to the liveliness of Rajas. The final destination is Sattva: the quiet mind. This is the engineering of Direct Realization, not mere self-improvement.
Common advice tells you to manage pressure. This is a system retrain. The instinct to recoil from pain actually traps it. Learn to rewrite this primal code, stay open, and discover that what you're running from is imaginary. This is the engineering of not-doing.
The mind operates like a parasite, a cunning con artist keeping you from the magic within. Even its sweetest thought is a step away from Reality. Direct Realization requires inner engineering: dismantling the harshness of the Mitoté to cultivate a soft ground where presence can abide.