Apr
14th
Monkey Madness and Puppy Love
By Yogini
Monkey mind
Think monkey. Think tree. Link the two together and what do you
see?
Monkeys jumping from one tree to another. That's the monkey
mind. The monkey mind leaps from one thought to another and
then another and another. Distracting us from living in the
present. Which is one of the goals of yoga. Meditation is one of
the ways to tame the monkey mind in order to get to a state of
peace.
RIP
The quest for peace is universal. In every age. In every country, people have been trying to find peace within their environment. Nations meet continually to search for ways to make peace with each other. There's even a Nobel Peace Prize for individual contributions to this noble cause. People hold up two fingers in the form of a 'V' which symbolises peace and when someone dies, we pray that they 'rest in peace'.
Inside out
The dictionary defines peace as freedom from strife. A state of serenity, calmness and stillness. Inherent in this definition is the answer to why peace is so difficult to achieve. Life and strife seem to go hand in hand. Yet despite the obstacles, it’s possible to attain a state of peace by undergoing a shift in thinking and changing the angle of vision. Peace isn’t found in the outer world of possessions, positions and relationships. The solution to finding peace requires us to look at the problem from a new perspective. To accept we cannot change the nature of the world or its problems but we can add a new dimension to life that leads to peace. Found within. Reached through meditation.
Puppy
mind
Meditation teaches there’s little or no control over the restlessness of the ordinary mind. Imagine the mind is like an overexcited puppy. So the question is how can you keep that puppy from running circles around you. The answer. Tie it to a post. Give your puppy something to attach itself to. A note. A sound. A word. A mantra.
Brain bliss
Minds are like mercury. Unable to rest for more than a nanosecond before they go zipping off. With thoughts and ideas constantly popping in. Memories of the past. Fantasies of the future. Never the present. Meditation helps de-clutter the mind. It’s invigorating. It’s energising. It’s totally refreshing. The trick is to learn to observe all those thoughts without engaging in them. Think of the mind as the sky and thoughts like clouds passing through.
Think monkey. Think tree. Link the two together and what do you
see?
Monkeys jumping from one tree to another. That's the monkey
mind. The monkey mind leaps from one thought to another and
then another and another. Distracting us from living in the
present. Which is one of the goals of yoga. Meditation is one of
the ways to tame the monkey mind in order to get to a state of
peace.RIP
The quest for peace is universal. In every age. In every country, people have been trying to find peace within their environment. Nations meet continually to search for ways to make peace with each other. There's even a Nobel Peace Prize for individual contributions to this noble cause. People hold up two fingers in the form of a 'V' which symbolises peace and when someone dies, we pray that they 'rest in peace'.
Inside out
The dictionary defines peace as freedom from strife. A state of serenity, calmness and stillness. Inherent in this definition is the answer to why peace is so difficult to achieve. Life and strife seem to go hand in hand. Yet despite the obstacles, it’s possible to attain a state of peace by undergoing a shift in thinking and changing the angle of vision. Peace isn’t found in the outer world of possessions, positions and relationships. The solution to finding peace requires us to look at the problem from a new perspective. To accept we cannot change the nature of the world or its problems but we can add a new dimension to life that leads to peace. Found within. Reached through meditation.
Meditation teaches there’s little or no control over the restlessness of the ordinary mind. Imagine the mind is like an overexcited puppy. So the question is how can you keep that puppy from running circles around you. The answer. Tie it to a post. Give your puppy something to attach itself to. A note. A sound. A word. A mantra.
Brain bliss
Minds are like mercury. Unable to rest for more than a nanosecond before they go zipping off. With thoughts and ideas constantly popping in. Memories of the past. Fantasies of the future. Never the present. Meditation helps de-clutter the mind. It’s invigorating. It’s energising. It’s totally refreshing. The trick is to learn to observe all those thoughts without engaging in them. Think of the mind as the sky and thoughts like clouds passing through.
So be a monkey. Or a puppy. Find your path to brain bliss.
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