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Universal Goodness : 47 Dirt, immoderation and greed destroy people and show up as: ● Ill health ● Dirtiness ● Overspending ● Being a talker but not a doer ● Lack of respect for other people’s rights and duty What to do now? A person must learn to look back at himself when something goes wrong in his life. A person who earns wrong livelihood or performs his duty poorly is cheating himself and other people. A boss who underpays his subordinates is cheating them. One must not try to solve one’s problems by blaming other people. One must do it by looking back at one’s self and one’s body. As long as one is still drinking, smoking and saying things without thinking, no outside agent can resolve one’s problems. The Lord Buddha says that the best way we can learn to look at our self is by earnestly practicing meditation. Earnest meditation practice increases our mindfulness in such a way as to keep our defilements at bay. It keeps parents from having favorites and bosses from being biased.