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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. So this night I spoke of one teaching that has very far ranging implications for our lives, namely that whatever one thinks about, frequently thinks

about and ponder upon, becomes the inclination of our minds.

I think that's worth really taking in because it has such huge significance.

Now, although the reflection on the surface

seems so obvious, kind of in the busyness of our lives

and the forward momentum,

you know, of all our activities, it's easy to forget

that moment after moment we're conditioning our minds.

So it's not I'd like to speak about one aspect of right thought, a conditioning in the mind that really is worth pondering upon and developing and cultivating. And that is the cultivation of Meta, of goodwill, of benevolence, of love and kindness.

And recognizing that this is a quality that we cultivate not only to extend to other people,

but also for ourselves, we really have to imbue this quality within ourselves for ourselves as well.

And this attitude is very well summed up in a line from an old anonymous samurai poem. I make my mind my friend and somehow to me that line in some way is an expression of

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