I was reading about the 20 secondary afflictions in buddhism this morning when it suddenly struck me that many of them usually rule my world. Words like conceit, inconsideration, recklessness, non-introspection, pretension are not unfamiliar to me. As an act of good faith towards myself, I decided to do a whole mala of the mantra of purification, naively believing that it would help. Well, to some extend it did as it made me realize that false pretenses are just a disguised way of saying that I will make an extra effort to be less mean.

Being a good person is a concept, I am afraid, I will never be able to grasp fully. On the other hand, I would not mind being the least 'bad' person I can. That would be perfect for a start.

Aleluïah!