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  1. Book search result icon Desires for the End of Desire Determined on Freedom
     … It also has to know how to be persuasive, in other words, teaching the members of your inner committee to want to do what’s in their best interest. This is where having a strong sense of values is an important part of the path. This will involve all three types of fabrication that we discussed on the first night, especially verbal fabrication, which … 
  2. Book search result icon Desires for the End of Desire The Skills of Right Concentration
     … Who in your inner committee turned on the computer? The computer doesn’t turn itself on. You have to ask yourself, “What is my motivation for looking here?” • The second base for success is persistence, which basically means that you keep engaged in right effort and you keep encouraging yourself along the way. When I was in Thailand, I had to learn how to … 
  3. Book search result icon Desires for the End of Desire The Problem of Desires
     … This is where we develop what’s called the inner committee that we’ve talked about in previous retreats. Many “you’s” inside your mind have different opinions on how to find happiness. A lot of this inner conversation is done in ignorance. It’s as if we have an inner bureaucracy. You have the chairman on the top floor who thinks he knows … 
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