new fortune.

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@@ -40562,4 +40562,19 @@ Mental afflictions and neuroses can be pacified only through the Dharma.
 Dharma is the ultimate remedy for confusion.
   -- Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen, "Opening the Treasure of the Profound",
      published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+    The purpose of practice is to habituate ourselves to openness.  This means
+we need to understand reactive mind.  How do we experience the difference
+between reacting and staying open?
+    At what point do we decide to go with the habitual tendencies of
+exaggeration and denial or try something new?  Where is the fork in the road?
+We need to explore these two experiences: reacting... staying open...
+reacting... staying open... reacting... staying open again.  We begin to see
+the difference.  It’s a process of refinement.  Our investigation cultivates
+a discerning intelligence that guides us in a positive direction.
+    We need to ask ourselves: "If our confusion finds its genesis in our
+habit of turning away from the open state, what would happen if we habituated
+ourselves to staying open?"
+  -- Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, "The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha’s
+     Path to Freedom", published by Shambhala Publications