Attention & everyday life · 1 min read

Your next intention matters

Rain Lee Lin Jun · Created with AI assistance
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You cannot rewrite the message already sent, but you can examine the intention behind the next one. Are you trying to clarify, protect someone, win approval or punish? Several motives may be present together. AN 6.63 places intention at the centre of kamma; this is not a claim that intention erases consequences. Choose the next action with the effects in view. A correction may be needed, or a pause to listen. The past matters, but it does not require repeating the same choice now.

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