For these aware students, the techniques of altering perception are beneficial. As teachers, we role-model such techniques daily. Our resolution of conflicts, our daily coping with our projections could show a better way. All the respondents to the survey, regardless of whether they chose themselves or others as the cause of their problems, missed an important possibility. Whether we choose to blame others or ourselves, the game is the same.
Guilt is the operative word.
The recognition that we have no problems engenders the elimination of guilt and fear. It is perception of the past as if it were occurring now, and still were there to see. Memory is a choice. Our old habits and ego-dominant thinking require us to choose someone as the cause of our problems. We can train ourselves to consistently remember the always nowness of our lives.