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Kadam Bridget explores how meditation can help us change and why our negative thoughts are not our true nature.

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14:54 · 2026年7月13日 Kadam Bridget Heyes

Dealing with painful feelings Self improvement

Kadam Bridget Heyes

Kadam Bridget explores how meditation and mindfulness can help us change the direction of our life by changing what karma is ripening for us. She explains why our negative thoughts are not our true nature and offers practical advice for noticing unhelpful mental habits before they carry us into more suffering.

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