Learn how to observe which little decisions you make from moment to moment trying to minimize suffering
"So keep your meditation a private affair. After all, the suffering
you’re causing yourself is a private affair, something nobody else can
see. Even when we live together day in and day out, each of us is making
a lot of decisions that nobody else here will know. We may see some of
the outside effects, but the actual experience of suffering — your
suffering, your pain: You’re the only person who can feel it. And you’re
the only person who can know which little decisions you make from
moment to moment to moment. That’s what you want to learn how to
observe. So try to develop your inner sensitivity as much as you can, so
that you can make sure your decisions are going in the right direction.
The intentional element here is to try to minimize suffering as much as
possible."
~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "A Private Matter" (Meditations4)
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