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without the ads. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour. This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in

self-discovery. Join Joseph as he shares his deep practical wisdom. A few weeks ago I read one teaching of the Buddha that has tremendously far-reaching implications, namely that whatever one thinks and

ponders upon frequently that becomes the inclination of the mind.

So we hear that on first reflection, it seems so obvious that the more we think about something, that

becomes the way our mind inclines.

Still in the busyness of our lives and in the seductiveness, the seduction of our personal life dramas,

we often forget the transformative value of this teaching.

We forget that we can actually train our minds, choose and develop what we think about.

So it's precisely because thoughts condition

our minds, both how we feel and how we act in the world, that right

thought is the second step of the noble eightfold path. And why right thought plays such a critical role in our whole spiritual unfolding

our spiritual journey. So tonight I'd like to speak about one aspect of right thought, which is the cultivation of goodwill,

the cultivation of love and kindness.

And to see that this quality of meta of loving kindness is not something that we only cultivate towards other people, but also it's the cultivation of a certain

attitude in the mind that we have towards our own experience.

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