EGO

My son Kevin and I have been attending Buddha 101 classes held at the Tibetan Meditation Center Sunday afternoons. (conveniently located less then a mile from our home). After a few classes we have hardly scratched the outermost understanding about this philosophy but we did speak about the concept of ego which leads me to this posting.

As we walked into the Meditation Center today, we were greeted by Lance, a distinguished looking man who serves as our teacher. Lance, who is aware of my situation, asked me how I felt, and then answered his own question when he said, “Well since your here you must be feeling OK”. I replied that I was indeed feeling much better and had runs of sixteen miles on Saturday and another ten miles earlier on Sunday.

Do you know the feeling...........the one that you might have spontaneously after mouthing words you wish could be taken back? We'll, for a split second that was me.

Ego, was I bragging or simply giving a response that those who know me would understand as a “my measuring stick”. To be perfectly honest, it probably was a bit of both. To be more honest, after thinking about it, I really don't care. This was a really great weekend.......I enjoyed the heck out of it.

Later....Mike