Turning Our Mind Into an Ally
“In reality, our mind is the creator of all we experience.”
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, How to Transform Your Life
Our mind has tremendous power to make us happy or unhappy. Sometimes our mind can seem like our own best friend; other times it can feel like our own worst enemy. Painful states of mind such as anger, jealousy, and worry create endless problems for ourselves and others, and keep us from being able to relax or experience happiness. Yet Buddha taught that every negative state of mind has an opposite positive state of mind. As we change our mental focus from negative to positive states, our experience of the world, our friends, and our relationships changes.
In this series, turn your mind into an ally and best friend with some time-honoured meditations and effective ways of thinking derived from the Buddhist tradition.
March 20: Turning Anxiety into Peace of Mind
March 27: Turning Resentment into Forgiveness
April 3: Turning Anger into Patience
April 10: Turning loneliness into friendship
April 17: Turning depression into hope
April 24: Turning confusion into wisdom
May 1: Turning the ordinary into the extraordinary
Teacher
Mike Boudreau is the branch teacher in Salmon Arm and he will usually teach the Thursday classes. He lives and works in Salmon Arm. He has been a sincere and dedicated practitioner in the Kadampa Tradition of Buddhism for many years, studying, teaching, and volunteering his time at KMCFV.
He is a popular teacher who enjoys sharing his experience of meditation with others. We are very fortunate to have Mike teaching in Salmon Arm.
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