It's interesting when being identified with thought activities, how we as humans slip into victimhood, and from there we 'protect' our right to be offended and feel sorry for ourselves. We feel like everyone and everything is working against us. This is Self-abandontment. We abandon the sense of 'I', which makes us feel separate, which makes us suffer. It's almost like we forget this whole insight and understanding that all is one, and that consciousness is the fundamental reality.