Starting over

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8. I recommend 2 books

2 books by the Dalai Lama, who is a wonderful writer. "How to See Yourself the Way You Really Are" and "How to Practice." The DL is a very modern man, very knowledgeable about science. He has studied physics, neuroscience, astrophysics for 50 years and been invited to some of the world's premiere scientific labs around the world. He is a natural born mechanical engineer from a very early age as a child, when he took apart and rebuilt mechanical devices to see how they worked. You can get good and very cheap used copies from Amazon.com. Also check out http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/05bodhisattvaYana/Six%20perfections%20%28paper%29.pdf]

We all struggle with starting over after failing to pursue our intentions. That's why it's call "practice." If we had perfected the 6 perfections, we wouldn't need to practice. One small recommendation during meditation is to remember to be joyful about something good that you have done, and be joyful in the good deeds of others.