What’s in Your Cup?

A Buddhist monk once asked his students, “If you’re carrying a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, why do you spill the coffee?”
They all answered, “Because someone bumped into me.”

The monk said, “No. You spilled coffee because coffee was in your cup. If you’d been carrying water, you’d have spilled water.”

He paused and said, “Whenever life shakes you, whatever you’re carrying inside will spill out.”

If you’re full of fear, frustration, or resentment, that’s what comes out when life gets rough. But if you’re filled with love, compassion, and awareness, that’s what spills over instead.

The question isn’t what bumps into you; it’s what you’re carrying.

The Abundant Self

This story captures the foundation of The Abundant Self.
It’s about what you’re filled with, not what you’re facing.

The Abundant Self is about cultivating the inner state that naturally spills over into the outer world as abundance, peace, and clarity.
When you change your inner vibration, life begins to reflect that change back to you.

That’s where real transformation begins, not with the world around you, but with the energy you bring to it.

I’m running a Beta test of The Abundant Self on 14th/15th and 21st/22nd November. If you’d like to know more details of this ground-breaking four-day programme, send me a message or check out

. For this Beta test only, it’s massively discounted to £299.

The Abundant Mind Community

The new Abundant Mind Facebook community is where we explore these ideas together.
It’s free to join, and it’s still taking shape, content will build gradually and right now, sadly, that content will be a little bit sparse while I focus on building The Abundant Self, but if you’ve trained in Reiki, Buddho, meditation, taken coaching, explored creativity as a form of self expression, then you are welcome to join right now. Content will be building over time. You can join by going to the link here.

Upcoming Courses

Deepen your practice and strengthen what’s in your cup:

🌿 Buddho Level 1 – 17th & 18th October
✨ Reiki Level 1 – 24th & 25th October
🌀 Buddho Level 2 – 31st October & 1st November

📍 Book now at stevegooch.co/courses.

Closing Thought

Every shake, every challenge, every unexpected turn is a chance to see what’s really inside you, and to choose what you want to carry next.

Fill your cup with awareness, compassion, and presence.
That’s how abundance spills naturally into everything you touch.

All the best,

Steve