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 -heedfulness…..
 
-by practicing heedfulness we are able to cultivate skillful intention/action….
    -we are able to shape our lives….
    -we are able to change our karma…..
 
-we practice heedfulness in the "daily life" mode....
 
-in practicing heedfulness....
   -we are mindful of our actions....
   -we see whether our actions are skillful or unskillful....
 
 
   -the practice includes.....

   
    1-during the course of the day … 

        -being mindful of our actions....
            -three forms of action:
              -physical
              -verbal
              -mental


   2-discerning whether our actions are unskillful or skillful..... 

                   -unskillful action ... leads to suffering....
                         -it is informed by unskillful intention … intention imbued with desire/aversion ...
 
                     -skillful action ... leads to the end of suffering...
                          -it is informed by skillful intention … intention imbued with lovingkindness/compassion ....


    3-abandoning unskillful action….

    4-cultivating skillful action… 
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-we practice heedfulness in line with the Buddha's instructions....
   -being heedful before we are about to act....
   -being heedful while we are acting....
   -being heedful after we've acted....
 
 
-one of the most important aspects of developing heedfulness is paying attention to our actions, after we've acted....
 
 
-after you've acted......
 
   -if you acted unskillfully....
          -see the drawbacks
              -suffering
          -look objectively at your experience
              -seeing judgment, etc
              -cultivate acceptance
                   -seeing non-acceptance
         -make it a learning experience
             -learning to ask: what is there to learn...?
          -vowing to do better...
          -have compassion....
           -for yourself
           -for your karma
 
    -if you've acted skillfully....
          -see the benefits....
          -take joy....
 
 
-Reading….
 
    -“Heedfulness” in The Skill of Living…
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