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A True Religion (Part 2)

By Rasika Quek

Quek Jin Keat aka Rasika Quek is a retired Chartered Quantity Surveyor.
Born in 1958 in Johor Bahru, he now resides with his family in Subang Jaya.
He has worked domestically and internationally in academic, consultancy,
construction and development organizations. His last position before
retirement was as Project Director in AECOM, the world's largest public-listed
Project Management company. He has been a speaker in his field and has
given talks domestically and internationally in Brunei, China, Hong Kong,
Japan and Singapore. He was given a commendation by the Construction
Industry Development Board (CIDB) of Malaysia for his contribution to the
industry on Building Information Modelling (BIM).

In his younger days, Rasika gave talks at Buddhist centers throughout Malaysia. While at university, he was
Chairman of the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) Buddhist Society. He was the founder Chairman
of the Metta Lodge Buddhist Centre, Johor, and founder Secretary of the Buddhist Wisdom Centre, Selangor.
He was also one of the originators of the Kota Tinggi Hermitage and the Selangor Buddhist Vipassana
Meditation Centre in Petaling Jaya. He is currently a non-executive director of the Santisukharama
Hermitage in Kota Tinggi and Sukhi Hotu Sdn. Bhd.

When one goes to the gym, one can’t help but marvel at final goal is achieved. This means where there is lust
the array of fitness equipment and apparatus designed one must note lust, where there is aversion one must
to keep you in shape and tip top condition. Weight note aversion, where there is sleepiness one must note
lifting machines, treadmills, stationary bikes, leg muscle sleepiness, where there is restlessness one must note
building machines…. You name it, they have it. restlessness and when there is doubt one must note
doubt. One should note attentively, ardent and fully
Basically, these machines will give you a workout that mindful otherwise such hindrances will slow down our
will cover the following:- progress and make our meditation painful and slow.
1. Endurance
2. Speed SPEED
3. Heart-beat rate We must be aware of the pace of our noting – not too
4. Urgency fast or too slow. When one is sleepy, one should note the
5. Time elapsed. sleepiness with quick notings. When one is restless, one
should slow down the mind and gently and softly coax
The acronym for these will be e-SHUT. the mind to go slow. Just as one is cycling on slopes, one
The way one trains in the gym is similar but not the should pedal harder and faster when going uphill and
same for training of mindfulness of the body and mind. with less speed when one is going downhill.

ENDURANCE HEARTBEAT
One must have the endurance to overcome the 5 Our heartbeat indicates how hard our heart is working
hindrances or obstacles to one’s meditation until one’s pumping blood round the body. During the night,