Learning to appreciate the clarity of the mind is a gradual process, just like developing an awareness of emptiness. First you get the main point, slowly grow more familiar with it, and then just continue training in recognition.

Mingyur Rinpoche

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

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• Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
• The practice of simply observing
• Just observe it
• Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
• Trying to do your best
• Meditation on compassion
• Setting the tone for your entire day
• Being diligent
• Your mind just as it is
• What Buddhists mean by happiness
• Thinking of yourself as limited
• The best part of all
• Oh, this is how my mind works
• Neither rejecting nor accepting
• Importance of the motivation
• Essentially good
• An experience of absolute well-being
• The need to look at the mind
• Never disturbed
• Becoming aware