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My very favorite teaching and one of the most well-known teachings from the Dalai Lama

is the simplest and it's the words, my religion is kindness.

And if you just take a moment and sense, what would it mean and how would your life be

if that was the center guiding principle that you came back to and remembered over and

over?

And you can kind of feel into it and sense how if our religion is kindness, that means

the kindness needs to be utterly inclusive, needs to include all parts of our own being

and all beings.

Some of you may have followed with rapper Jay-Z, there are some interviews in the press

and they've described the effect of therapy on him.

And I found a lot of wisdom and thought I'd read you just a couple little pieces from

the interview.

He talks about the emotions that drive us to in some ways cause harm to other people and

how we're not born with them.

They're conditioned.

And we're born with emotions but they're conditioned to be in their full blown fury.

And he says every emotion is connected and it comes from somewhere and just being aware

of it, being aware of it and everyday life puts you at such an advantage.

He says you know bullies bully, it just happens.

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