Whenever  there's a feeling of frustration on the spiritual path it is inevitably  accompanied by a desire to escape the present moment. The mind has an  idea about how one's experience should be and the reality in this moment  is different. The mind then seeks ways to change the experience of this  moment and projects that a better, 'more spiritual' moment exists in  the future. In order to transcend the perceived illusory problem of  frustration one must disengage from the mind's commentary. That doesn't  mean stopping or changing the mental narrative, but disidentifying from  it. It means that you stop believing the story and see the story for  what it is (the ego/mind generating unnecessary suffering). The  attention must withdraw from mind content and abide as pure awareness.  From here, uncomfortable sensations in the body are witnessed with  gentle curiosity, consciously felt and surrendered to. With full  acceptance of 'what is', frustration automatically dissolves because the  very definition of frustration is contradictory to acceptance. It is a  form of resistance. When you stop believing in the story of frustration,  you (awareness) are instantly free.

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