So through the power of restraint as we begin to let go, to some extent of the

wanting of the desire of the anger, it creates the space for a different kind of relationship.

It creates the space for compassion to be there and for love to be there. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour.

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now network.com slash Joseph. everything we do, all our actions, all our relationships,

everything has its origin of beginning in the mind.

The Buddha said in first verse of the Damapada that mind is the

foreigner of all things. What we do in our practice in this practice of mindfulness of meditation, what we want to do is to look at and investigate and explore and

finally to understand the nature of this mind, this mind which is the forerunner, the origin, the creative aspect of all things.

When we look carefully at the mind and mind in this sense in the Buddhist sense

does not mean simply intellect.

Really means what in English could best

be a compound word of mind and heart and in many Asian languages actually the same word is

used for both mind and heart so somehow we have to think of mind as encompassing both.

All aspects of consciousness, of thought, of emotion,

of feeling, of perception, of silence.

So our practice is to investigate

the nature of this mind, the nature of this essentially creative energy which is our lives.

When we look and explore through a careful attention and a careful mindfulness,

we begin to understand that the mind is a constantly changing and constantly transforming creative energy.

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