The Power of Our State of Mind

Sometimes I don’t realize how powerful my state of mind is. I walk into the house or a meeting with something “on my mind,” and whatever that is, constructs my experience. I have no inherent animosity towards the person in the room, but because of a recent, frustrating, call, for example, frustration infuses the next conversation and can even become its whole form. If I’m someone with long-term, unskillful, habits of mind (and maybe we all are to a certain extent), those unskillful habits can...