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178. ONLY MERIT IN MIND If you come to the temple for the sole purpose of gaining merit, then you are on the right path and you will never fall into misfortune. On the other hand, if you come here to seek fame or popularity or to flirt, you will end up not making it. In understanding myself, I am able to understand all others. My eyes are wide open to my own nature and can look into what I have done in my past, what I am doing in my present, and what I will become in my future, all the way to Nibbana. I know everything now, including my path to end suffering. However, I still have to reborn so that I can eradicate the rest of the defilements that are still with me. I observe quietly and have become a good role model in this regard. The monks here also enjoy the tranquility. June 21, 1981 179. A MIND FREE OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS Someone asked me if I have any suffering nowadays. I told him I did not, because I only allow good things to come into my mind and never let any negative thoughts enter. From the moment I wake up, my mind is filled with only good thoughts. I have accumulated so much virtue and maintain only goodness in my mind. If a bad situation occurs, I confront it for the greater good but I will not let it linger in my mind. If I do complain about someone or something, it is only for the betterment. But once it is over, I move on and never let it linger. Then when I meditate, my mind is completely free from these thoughts, concentrating only on meditative attainment. That is why I am able to find happiness. October 28, 1982