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Mind is the decisive dimension of everything, and we need to respect mind in order to get a good life. It is possible to get a good life. Not easy and not always socially correct, but possible.
Our mind is naturally deceptive. There are so many things and reactions that feel fine but are bad. To sort out the bad reactions and concentrate on the good ones is an art.
It is also a rational process. If we study the workings in our mind we can see what is constructive and what is destructive. And we can choose the good - after some time. Eventually we can learn to do the right from the beginning.
Typical for a society that does not respect mind and its long term effects is the idea that we can get the good by doing bad. Bad methods - from ignorant ones and lying to violence and killings - can give immediate effects which seem good for some individual in some perspective. In the long run and in the perspective of all, the effects will be bad.
Normally we relate a lot to the external, mainly material world. OK. We can do that, and we can still build a nice mind. We get a nice mind by compassion. However, if we try to conquer an external reality we often try violence rather than compassion. Then we lose.
This is not a natural law in the external world. We might win on the external level.
It is a natural law on the level of mind, that good gives good.