Cattāri Brahmavihārā

Last night one of the junior teachers led the class and focussed on the relationship between joy and concentration. He described a practiced which he termd the “Pep Talk Walk” wherein he will take a half an hour walk and just use that time to mentally talk to himself about all of the good and skillful actions he has been taking. Integral to this practice (and derived from the Lord’s instructions to Rahula) is the reflection on the impact of such skillful fabrication to see that it does, in fact, condition the mind and prepare it for samadhi.

I found the idea very apropos considering where I’m at right now. The timeliness of the Dhamma talk and the informal way it is to be practiced were attractive to me and I intend to incorporate pep talk walks into my daily life as each day is filled with long stretches of commuter walking.