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How does one create the very best in oneself? The reader can now appreciate the meaning and significance of a "blessing." Now we come to the interesting question of how a person can develop his/her best qualities. In accordance with Buddhist principles, the human "mind" has characteristics that differ from other living beings in this world. They are: 1) The mind can be trained to have a higher quality. 2) The mind can be rid of evil. 3) The mind can accrue purity. According to these characteristics, if the human mind accumulates only good deeds, it will become blissful and powerful. On the contrary, if it accumulates only evil deeds, it will become dark and evil. Because each individual is constantly accruing both good and evil deeds, one's mind is not completely pure or dark. If it is wholly pure, the person would have an afterlife in a heavenly realm or attain enlightenment and enter Nibbāna (Nirvana). If the mind is totally dark, the person would go to a hell realm after death. Because we have committed both good and evil deeds in our lives, we must correct ourselves by eliminating the evil deeds and by doing our best to perform more good deeds in this life. The Warm Hearted Family 334 Blessing Our Descendants