monkey mind

Around 2,600 years ago Siddhartha Gautama, better known as Buddha, gave us the term “monkey
mind.” He described the human mind as acting like it was full of drunken monkeys!

With all those monkeys screeching (να τσιρίζουν) for attention, it’s hard to hold one clear thought.

Buddha wanted to help people understand themselves. Among the many benefits of understanding
ourselves is quieting our monkey mind.

Unfortunately, there’s no getting rid of the monkeys. We have what’s known as a symbiotic
relationship with our monkeys. It’s like peonies in the garden. Peonies are often covered with ants. If
you pick off the ants however, the peonies die. The ants are unsightly but the peonies can’t bloom
without them.

Η παιώνια ζει μαζί με τα μυρμήγκια.

We have to learn to live with the monkeys jumping on the bed.

1. Your loud monkey mind can wreak havoc (να προκαλέσει χάος) with your sense of
peace

If only it weren’t so hard to ignore the loud monkeys in our mind. But it is hard. Just off the top of my
head I know that a busy mind can result in:

 Stress
 Feelings of depression
 A low mood
 Anxiety and anxious thoughts
 Insomnia! It’s like the monkeys are jumping on your actual bed
 Feeling sick in the pit of your stomach
 Racing heart and sweaty palms

The loudest monkey becomes the leader of the troop (official word for a group of monkeys).

Usually this monkey’s name is Fear. His best friends are worry, anxiety, and stress. They have loud
bouncy demands and they will keep screeching until your nerves are frayed, you feel sick with stress,
or just so anxious or blue you can’t get out of bed…

Until you notice and listen and work with them.

Unfortunately again, you can’t notice, listen, and then stuff a sock in their mouths. It just doesn’t work
like that. You also can’t stuff earplugs in to sleep through the monkey parade.

Monkeys can only be silenced one way. Luckily managing your monkey mind isn’t rocket science.
You probably already know how to do it, you just need some practice.
2. Silence your monkeys by interrupting them

To feel calmer, you need to separate yourself from the monkey chatter in your mind.

Remember the monkey momma who couldn’t stop her monkeys from jumping on the bed? Imagine if
she’d run upstairs and announced “There’s cookies downstairs for a snack!”

Or, “Everybody in the car! We’re going to the beach today!”

Those monkeys would stop what they’re doing and run on downstairs to do something else, don’t you
think?

Eating a snack if you’re hungry, or going outside in nature, are both good activities to interrupt your
monkeys and take care of yourself.

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

In the little nursery rhyme about the monkeys, do you know what the doctor says after they’ve all fallen
off the bed and bonked their heads?

Put those monkeys back in bed!

If the monkeys can go down for a nap, your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress will lessen. You
may be able to take a nap and get some sleep yourself.

https://bethrogerson.com/monkey-mind/

ΑΣΚΗΣΗ
ΜΙΑ καλή ασκηση για να βά λεις τις μαϊμού δες να δουλέψουν είναι να μεταφρά σεις αυτό το
ά ρθρο στα ελληνικά . Να κά νεις ένα γραφείο στο σπίτι και να τα κά νεις απο εκει.

ΒΙΝΤΕΟ

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Περίληψη

Make friends with monkeys

Give them a job
Then you become the boss and monkey your empploye