"There is mainstream collective egoic madness" is a mind perception, it could weight heavily on me if I carry this story around.
Since I am carrying some story with me anyway, I might as well pick a story that is good for me. I would like to carry a different percpetion of the world: in this world, there is only one person me, the rest are angels playing a role (Or everyone is enlightened except me). Everyone's obnoxious egoic madness was there for one single purpose: help me grow to the next level. The funny thing is that this story force me to look for the silver lining, and if I look hard enough, I always find them.
The above is a mind approach to a mind problem, so if it does not work, you can always go into total stillness, which will always work
