Seeking the Truth

Are you genuinely seeking real and permanent happiness? Are you open-minded and willing to go beyond the usual methods of the world, beyond religion, nationality, social status, race, etc? You have come to a unique blog about the real purpose of life. A blog that will be more useful for sincere seekers and like-minded individuals rather than scholars.

(Pls Note: it is recommended that you start at the first post written in Aug '05 and then work your way to the latest one).

Friday, February 10, 2006

This monkey mind

A dear friend of mine calls this mind as a monkey. Why? Only a person who has really done meditation will know the reason why. When this body sits for meditation, then this monkey mind starts hopping around far and near. The body might be sitting in America pretending to do meditation, but this monkey mind might be in Australia, Canada, India or Italy. The body might be at home, but this monkey might be in the office, theater or stadium. The monkey will start to remember the incidents of the current or the previous day or week; it will do anything but concentrate on the thing the body sat for.

This monkey mind of mine is difficult to control... It needs to be reminded again and again... But a day shall come when it will not forget... the day when it shall be the slave and...