Story of Ego - Stories From The East

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By Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Inspirational Stories- Ego - Comes before failure

Once, there was a master and he gave a practice on silence to his group of inmates, who were staying in a monastery. The silence program was for 3 days. The inmates of the monastery were told to remain silent, which means the inmates were also not allowed to read books and also communicate by sign language, plus they were not allowed to have eye contact with each other, verbally or non-verbally. You can stand or sit beside a person, but there must be no communication. They are supposed to practise silence in a continued fashion for 3 days. 

In the monastery, there were some flexibility to the rules as well. The inmates were allowed to go where they want during dawn or dusk for an hour to look at nature. 

It so happened that there were three inmates who coincidentally were near each other, at a seaside, sitting and were looking at the sun setting in the evening. They were looking for half-an-hour at first. 

Then, one of the inmates spoke suddenly, "What a nice scenery to watch." Seeing this, the second inmate immediately uttered, "Hey, you have broken the silence rule, you are not supposed to talk." 

Seeing this taking place, the third inmate laughed and said, "Now, the only one who is not talking is me, and I am going to report both of you to our Master."

Meaning: The ego in a person has made the third inmate speak out, as he felt better by comparing against the two. Seeing the two inmates talk, at least the third inmate could have kept quiet, but he did not. Therefore he is the same as the other two inmates to break the silence rule. Silence is not easy to follow. How do we know whether our mind is under control, it is good to do a silence test for 3 days and see. It is not that easy! 

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Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.