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Hi, it's Andy here and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday morning. I wonder if you've

ever noticed how the conditions, the environment, maybe even the weather around you can influence

how your mind feels and behaves. Tony, I remember thinking back to one monastery I lived in.

It was always raining there. I mean all the time it was raining. I remember saying to my

teacher, I couldn't, what I think back is so ridiculous. I asked a question but I said,

can you have built this monastery somewhere where it was a little brighter, a bit sort of

sunnier. He said, if we built this monastery in a sunny country somewhere near the beach,

none of you would be interested in meditation. You spend no time indoors to practice. He

said, you'd all be outside playing around. I was reminded of this just recently. I moved

countries and the studio here is different. It's out in the middle of nowhere and it's really

open to the elements and when it rains, it rains. It's also quite close to the ocean. When

the wind comes in, you really hear the wind. The wind is an interesting one. Typically when

you build a monastery or a retreat, it often said the idea is the mountains behind you so

that you look out and you have a sense of space being able to see the horizon but you

want to be protected from the wind. The wind is said to agitate the mind and this may be

something you've noticed doesn't for everybody. There's a certain level of sensitivity I think

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