The Monkey Mind Folly – Part 1 of 2

I had a dream that depicted the blunder of living in my head – thinking too much. The unwanted thoughts that run rampant through my mind can be my worst enemy, and most often are. They destruct.

My dream told me that I am overthinking, which is a lifelong habit of mine. It amazes me how I can sink deep into my crazy thoughts and take this as reality without catching it all before it is too late. Even if there is an element of truth to my thoughts, I am fabricating an imaginary scenario that can be a springboard for all sorts of other stories.

The colossal error is in overthinking

Some months ago, I made a decision that changed the course of my life. Although I felt I was following my heart, my overthinking created outcomes in my head before they even existed. My dream told me that to choose to reside too much in my mind was a colossal ERROR. Perhaps I had made an error in my decision at the time, stemming from the thoughts of what I perceived as failure. In any case, I made a decision I felt I needed to make at the time.

Many of the thoughts that go through my head are not even my own, but coming from energy I pick up from other people and places. How can I hear what the soul is saying to me over the hullabaloo of all these thoughts?

When I am not listening

The truth is that my soul may be telling me that something needs to change and yet … sometimes I am not listening. I am too busy in the myriad of illusions stirred up in my mind.

And all this is exactly what it is – illusion – that can lead me into a mental snake pit. Is this not madness that can lead to a distemper? Well, it often does.

It starts with just one thought. Then that one thought can trigger an emotion, which leads to more thoughts and more emotions and before I know it, the monkey mind has me in its grip, flailing me around in a frenzy.

WHAT A HELL OF A RIDE.

We need to harness the monkey mind

We need to put restraints on the monkey mind or it becomes an unruly menace that wreaks havoc on everything in its path.

The monkey mind is an untrained mind with no borders on craziness. If you don’t get a grip on it, it will run amuck and take you places you won’t care to mention.

I think we are all familiar with this, yet forget what the monkey mind is capable of – to slip in through the back door and bite us on the hindmost while we flounder around in the dark.

Part 2 of this post will appear next week. Hope to see you then.

Joyful journeying.