Taking Stock

Hi YP,

Thanks for having me this morning.

We started with Metta Meditation. Metta Meditation is a good way to cultivate kindness, gentleness and happiness. Our heart is like a lotus flower, rough skin on the outside. Cultivate it well and the petals will open up to reveal the soft, tender and fragment inner core.

Cultivating the mind is what we practice for. We experience anger and sadness once in a while. The pain in the heart happens to all of us. Just remember that everything is temporary, it will soon come to pass. We also discussed the process of anger. The monster in us gets smellier and uglier as it feeds on our anger. The turmoil and agitation in the heart grows and the monster grows. Same with sadness, that unexplained sadness in you. Once we meditate, we are aware, aware of the mental processes in us. We will discuss more in due course.

As we take stock, we are also mindful of the NOT GOOD ENOUGH syndrome in the media. A new I-phone will only give us temporary pleasure. Very soon, they are going to tell you what you have is not good enough. They will also tell you your features are not good enough, the bag that you carry is not good enough and the shoes that you wear are not good enough etc. Careful you fall into the trap.

As we take stock, we want to be good and we want to walk the path of peace, this is what happiness is.

The coaches are here to guild you on this path. As in ball games, coaches do not play the game. You will have to walk path, one step at a time. The coaches are at the sidelines, cheering and rejoicing at each and every step you take.

I had fun and I hope you did too.

My next talk will be on 051210, titled BEFORE PUSHBACK. I am looking forward to seeing many of you.

Coach James Khoo. J