The Monkey-Mind and the Monk-Mind

Monkey-Mind vs. Monk-Mind

There are two ways to go about our life.

One is to look outside and focus on what we can’t control. This leads to blaming, frustration, and often a feeling of disempowerment. We lose our center and get agitated. We don’t really know who we are; we don’t know our power.

This is what the meditation masters call the monkey mind.

The other way is to look inside and focus on the only thing we can control: our mind, the way we see things, the stories we tell…