When you don’t understand the nature and origin of your thoughts, your thoughts use you. When the Buddha recognized the nature of his mind, he reversed the process. He showed us how we use our thoughts instead of being used by them.

Mingyur Rinpoche

from the book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

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• The best part of all
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• Oh, this is how my mind works
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• Trying to do your best
• Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
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• Meditation on compassion
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• Never disturbed
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