Monk(ey)

It is said that thoughts become us. But then thoughts we generate are also completely in our hands. While the output of all our other organs is involuntary, our thoughts are quite in our voluntary control. Not easy, but then what is?!

The journey to training our monkey mind is tough. It requires patience and a great amount of training. Just like Rome wasnt built in a day. But then the first step is always the hardest, and a beginning made with complete intention and awareness is always purposeful.

To train a monkey mind to become a monk mind isn’t easy. You have to train yourself to see the world differently. You got to stop fighting the multiple versions arising within, so that peace can come to you. In tactical world, it means practising mindfulness, ekagrata towards one task. So that when you do, you do just that one task and avoid meandering your mind in lost alleys.

Once you are aware, remember you got to stop carrying the world on your shoulders. Releasing things from your locus will grant you more calm. By concentrating on your breathing alone, you can be more still and mindful. If every living breathe could be felt, lived and experienced, our mind would rarely wander stray!