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Your Mind Is Projecting Everything

If our mind is peaceful, we're happy regardless of our external situation… In any situation, it's how our mind is relating to what's appearing to it that determines whether we're miserable or happy.

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14:07 · 2026年8月31日 Gen Thekchen

English Understanding the mind Wisdom

Gen Thekchen

Gen Thekchen introduces emptiness with disarming humor — looking at his audience and showing how the same people can appear as kind or horrible depending entirely on the mind’s projection. He reveals that spiritual practice is simply about reducing exaggeration and bringing our mind closer to reality.

Further reading in the following book:
The New Eight Steps to Happiness

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