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@@ -37856,3 +37856,36 @@ intoxication takes over again, and they pass out once more.  bam.  hence, the
 head repeatedly banging into the table: a groundhog daze.
   i have seen this happen.  it's not fun to watch.  well, maybe a little.
   --fred t. hamster
+~
+  We are the source of healing and happiness.  Our generosity and concern
+pacify every negative situation.  As we send out kindness, we grow accustomed
+to being strong and kind.  In this way, our positive feelings are constantly
+renewed and can never be exhausted.
+  Perhaps you know the story about the man who arrived in heaven and when
+asked by God where he wanted to go replied that he wanted to see both heaven
+and hell.  First, he went to hell.  There was a large table with all the
+inhabitants of hell sitting around it.  The center of the table was full of
+delicious food.  Each person had two very long chopsticks.  They could reach
+the food but they could not get it into their mouths because their chopsticks
+were too long.  They were miserable.  No one was eating and everyone went
+hungry.  Next he was taken to visit heaven.  All the inhabitants of heaven
+were also sitting around a big table full of delicious food but they were
+happy.  They too had very long chopsticks but they were eating and enjoying
+themselves.  They used the chopsticks to feed each other across the table.
+The people in heaven had discovered that it was in their interest to
+collaborate unselfishly.(p.69)
+  -- Ringu Tulku, "Mind Training", published by Snow Lion Publications
+~
+  When you are in a fluctuating state of mind, like when you are angry or have
+lost your temper, then it is good to bring back calmness by concentrating on
+breathing.  Just count the breaths, completely forgetting about anger.
+Concentrate on breathing and count in/out "one, two, three," up to twenty.
+  At that moment when your mind concentrates fully on breathing, the breath
+coming and going, the passions subside.  Afterwards it is easier to think
+clearly.
+  Since all activities, including meditation, depend very much on the force of
+intention or motivation, it is important that, before you begin to meditate,
+you cultivate a correct motivation...  The correct motivation is the
+altruistic attitude.(p.69)
+  -- Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Cultivating a Daily
+     Meditation", published by Snow Lion Publications