There are those who feel the term, “monkey mind”, quite disconcerting, disparaging, and disdainful. This can be a shame, because the point is lost, the ego is involved, and our innate human defense arises. After all, we are alleged to be the “king of the primates,” aren’t we?

When, for the  first time I listened to the saying, “monkey mind,” in respect to meditation, I remembered  Swayambhunath Stupa, in Katmandu, Kingdom of Nepal.  Sometimes, this is called, the “monkey temple,” and it caused me to laugh at heart, as monkeys require supervising in human settings. The impression of unsupervised monkeys entered my head, and I was bottling up laughter during an earnest conversation.

Monkeys may be nuisances, once permitted to wander without some direction, and it is similar with the undisciplined mind that races from subject to subject, without getting very much completed. Therefore please do not waste time being outraged by the term, and attempt to consider the amusing side.

When you permit yourself to love life, and try not to take anything too earnestly, you will be able to see that monkeys don’t have it so bad after all. Very often, the human mind passes too much time opposing, worrying, posing, shaping, dreading, and experiencing embarrassment, to enjoy life to its broadest potential.

In point of fact, you are not your mind. You are answerable for your actions, but a lot of things come about in the thought process earlier.  For instance: when you think, images and alternatives are created. As a result of those images, you get a physical feeling somewhere around your heart.

Whether the impression is, good or bad, you process it into action, or deal with it as a momentary thought that passes and may be forgotten. So if you have a fleeting evil thought and it clears – should you squander time experiencing guiltt about it? The innate safeguard for ethical conduct is your heart or “gut feeling.” This is our finest indicator of wrong or right.

Humanity has the power to act upon the universe, and make dissimilar realities, but separating what is sacred, from what is evil, has been a dilemma for thousands of years. The disconnection from your internal self, nature, and Supreme Being, has contributed to inordinate confusion.

Give thanks for meditation; it permits you to harness the power of the mind, calm down, and concentrate on one issue at a time. If you take the time for a regular meditation practice, your decision-making process will be a great deal more disciplined and clear. The end result will be to look at the monkey with a great deal more respect, perceptiveness, and a little humor.

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