Neurological, Contemplative, and Practical Perspective
Basic Propositions
Everything, both inside our minds and outside in the world, happens because of preceding causes. These causes lead to right results that are either beneficial or harmful, for ourselves and others.
Causes originate within yourself and outside of yourself. The primary source of the causes that originate inside you are your own intentions. As Joseph Goldstein puts it: “Everything rests on the tip of motivation.”
Some of our intentions are very deliberate and conscious, while others are shadowy or altogether hidden. Multiple intentions dance around, join with, and oppose each other in the mind. Some have more power than others do, and our actions are the result of the net sum of these at any one time. Our actions reveal our true intentions.
