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Accept, Introspect, Make Amends

The fact is that every bad deed you commit can pollute your
soul. Cleanse it then by your tears, or by some other kind of
penitent behaviour. You must never fail to purify your mind and
your heart when you find that they have been polluted by bad
actions.
Doing good deeds after bad deeds, is a method of
reconditioning one’s mind. This practice is not exactly easy. But
it is an important psychological process. By engaging in it, one
reprocesses one’s thinking. In physical terms, what would be a
process of washing out is, in psychological terms, a correction of
one’s way of thinking.

There are different kinds of bad deeds but, no matter
what kind of bad deed you have committed, after
each one you should feel repentant and try to erase
the effects of your bad deed by doing a good deed.

This process has a very important positive effect. It helps
in the development of one’s mind. Thus your mistake can be
turned into an act of intellectual development. Any mistake that
leads to intellectual development can form the basis of a good
and healthy practice.
If your mistake gives you a positive lesson, then it is an
experience rather than a mistake. If your bad deed motivates you
to do a good deed, then in terms of its result, it is a good rather
than a bad occurrence.
Such a practice keeps your mind alive, in that it activates your
thinking capacity. This practice awakens your mental faculties,
making you like a traveler who has had some advantageous break
in his journey, before finally reaching his destination.
If you commit an evil deed, do not fall into despair, but re-
plan your life along better lines and surely you will be a success.

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