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Of course, while there is nothing negative about striving for your dreams, clinging too much to them leads to the constant feeling of yearning, which in itself is painful.
all suffering has a cause.
suffering ends.
Once you have recognized that every single intention and action you do may have an effect on your future, you become more mindful of your thoughts, words, and deeds.
“It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.”
Defeatism is entertaining negative, self-defeating thoughts, such as thinking that you do not have what it takes or letting your fears overcome you.
Therefore, the cure to the Three Poisons is to acknowledge that your concept of who you are or should be are false.
Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law. (5) A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he is wise is called a fool indeed. (63)
