Part 1
The witness to experience is not bound by it, any more than a clear sky can be captured by a passing cloud, or a sound can seize the ear that hears it.
Part 2
It’s not some dark or otherwise fearful thought that tortures us; it’s not wanting it that causes all of our psychological pain and sorrow.
Part 3
There is no reaction of the self-centered kind in higher awareness. Pure seeing -- along with whatever may be the reaction to what is seen -- is seamless; so that this “reaction” is never separate from what causes it, nor what is then created following that interaction.