Hey friends, what's going on? Welcome to the podcast. I'm Corialin, you are you. And as

always, it's great to be here with you in this very specific moment of time. Before we

get going into the meat of the podcast or the veggie loaf, if you're a vegetarian, I just

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check that all out if it so calls to you. So whenever we're progressing on any path,

of course, one of the things that we aim for quite initially is wanting to be more compassionate,

wanting to be more kind. And oddly enough, it's kind of a strange undertaking because to

you know, be more kind, that means that we are actively changing our behavior. Like whatever

our default behavior is, isn't satisfactory to us. And so we want to intentionally change

that so that we can be more kind, whatever that means to us, right? And so there's a strange

kind of like contradiction feeling that comes from that because you know, at first when

you're like, you know what, I'm going to just be a better force in the world. And like that's

a great pursuit. That's a really noble thing to do. And you know, I hope that everyone has that

sort of insight at some point and realizes that they have the control over their actions

and their way that they express themselves in the world to make that a possibility. But

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