Whatever pulling you away is inconstant. Unreliable. Stressful. Not Self. Not worthy of going for.
What is the allure pulling you out?
What is the obligation?
It is not worth going for. Not worth churning out the thoughts.
Sariputtas instructions about sounds you here – people say nasty things and they reverberate around your mind.
It isn’t what they said that is reverberating, it is the mind discussion of what they said – doing all the work – creating all the trouble.
Is it worth it?
Let the sound stop with the sound.
Let go.
It stops.
Source: https://www.dhammatalks.org/audio/evening/2024/240308-the-sixteen-steps.html