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Namaste friends, welcome. Before I give a talk and this weekly podcast and in many settings,

I take some moments of quiet and I reflect on my intention for what's coming.

And I thought I'd say it out loud which is that this reflection serve our hearts, our

awakening and the intention for presence, for open-hearted presence.

So I find when I take the time to get in touch with that, with a kind of sincerity that

this is really what matters, it actually helps me stay aligned, it helps me stay connected.

And I thought I'd begin in this way letting you know because this is the second part of

a series on intention and the power of intention.

And last week's talk is available for those that haven't listened.

And just as a bit of a recap, it's really central in Buddhist psychology, the notion of intention.

And it starts with karma which means that everything has an effect.

So your habitual kind of thinking, you know, what you've eaten so far today, what you

listen to, what news you listen to, how you're speaking with people, the kind of work you

do, you know, if you pause and meditate, what music you're listening to, everything impacts

your experience and ripples out.

So where intention comes in is behind every action.

No matter what it is, a mental action, a physical action, there's an intention.

And it's usually unconscious and yet it creates our universe.

The Buddha put it that our whole life comes out of the tip of intention, everything, all

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