Attachment

Don't give oxygen to the thought.  The thought is there to amaze and delight, but if you get attached to it, it pokes you.  If you give the thought oxygen a fire will burn.  More oxygen and the fire will rage.  Don't be attached to non attachment - it's a trick of the mind - the oxygen still builds, just the fire will not be set for a while.

When the fire rages, let it burn out on it's own.  Don't stifle the fire,   When the fire burns out, that which remains is you.  A raging fire can burn off the sludge, but the fire cannot touch you.  The fire could not have even started without your oxygen and spark of a thought would not have stirred if not for the sludge that you attached to.