Outside stimuli and outside environment cannot be blamed for the 'same old thing' happening in life, as the outside world is but the physical manifestation of thoughts and perceptions.
Thus the need for internal cleansing and honest appraisal of self, and manipulative control by a false self that is clearly out of control. The True Self knows only forward motion, whereas a trait of false self domination is a life where situations remain stagnant, and life is in a holding pattern, going round and round the same location. There is no forward motion with the whims of the False Self. It can cleverly deceive the mind that wishes to be deceived, however.
Cleansing is currently a necessity. A period of quantum growth here follows for the brave soul that turns its back on the known, when it realises the known is only a life pattern because it suits the false self. The true self wishes this soul to progress forwards ... and the soul needs to make some painful sacrifices in order to achieve that goal - Matthew James