To say I’ve been trying as hard the past few weeks on project morality would be sadly a lie. I need to put more effort into these matters if I wish to become a better person. Whereas I tried extremely hard the first 13 weeks, the last 6 haven’t nearly been what I thought it was. Maybe it’s because of the vagueness of the eight-fold path, but I am roughly 2 weeks away from completing it.
If I could I’d try to learn from my mistakes, but sadly history has a way of repeating itself for me.
Part of having the right effort means refraining from the evil acts of: 1) Greed 2) Anger and 3) Ignorance, instead expressing 1) Generosity 2) Kindness, and 3) Wisdom.
I was mildly successful. If you look at the chart I tried do something generous, something kind, and something that would promote more intelligence within me every day of the week. [minus Saturday where my mood overshadowed everything else]. At the same time I’d say I was somewhat of a failure this week in terms of the actions I took. Anger took a hold of me at key points week, leading to a reiteration of uncontrollable selfishness and ignorance. Intertwining those two elements, I have no choice but to give myself a failing grade of a D for the week. I will rebound next week.
Next Week: Right Mindfulness
