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Part Five: Truth for the Family in our life is to live with purpose or meaning. The more we perform deeds that are purposeful and good, the more our life can be considered meaningful. To get the very best out of our life, then, we need to perform three vitally important things: 1. Avoid doing evil things: Cast off past bad habits and avoid starting new ones that give negative consequences. 2. Do good deeds to the utmost extent: Attempt to perform all good deeds we have never performed and increase the effort devoted to those good deeds that we have already performed. 3. Meditate to purify the mind: Keep our mind bright and clear all the time, while inhaling and exhaling. If we inhale and do not exhale, our life comes to an end. Death bears no sign of warning. REMEMBER! The brightness or cloudiness of our mind at death will help decide our future. A bright and clear mind resulting from the recollection of past good boonya will lead us to happiness. The force of good kamma based on the good boonya that we have done on earth will effectively lead us to a happy place and future. Conversely, a cloudy mind resulting from the recollection of past evil deeds will lead us to an unfortunate future. The force of bad kamma will lead to painful experiences. How, then, can we become a person who generates boonya? There are ten paths, or bases, for doing so: 1. Generosity (danamaya) - Acquire boonya by giving objects and necessities to an appropriate recipient. Family Day By Day 156 A Journey's Preparation