Things come into the mind from the past, and they’re going to be skillful and unskillful because of what you’ve done. Do you want to keep on doing the unskillful ones? What can you do to foster the more skillful ones?

"Look at your mind from the point of view of karma: Things come into the mind from the past, and they’re going to be skillful and unskillful because you’ve done skillful and unskillful things in the past. Everybody has. But the question is, do you want to keep on doing the unskillful ones? What can you do to foster the more skillful ones? When you think in these terms, that’s when you’re really being kind to yourself."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Kindness in the Light of Karma"

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