The mind's attention is energy. Wherever the mind is directed, energy flows. If we direct the mind to thoughts of ill will, or think a lot about what makes us angry, then ill will and anger are nourished. We are thus actively turning away from the possibility of renouncing human suffering and becoming free from it. If we direct the mind toward compassion or wisdom, the aspects of a bodhisattva, we actually give energy to these qualities in ourselves and in the world around us.
---Jan Chozen Bays---
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