“It is the nature of the monkey-mind to jump about and chatter.”
Once upon a time there was a monkey. A lonely little mischievous monkey, wandering around all by himself in the big city, with a tiny little suitcase containing all of his worldly possessions. Or at least the most important ones.
You might’ve heard him pass by, chattering away to himself. They always do that. That’s how you know it’s the monkeys. They talk a lot. Always somethin’ to say.
Most of what they say is really just useless nonsense. They get a kick outa hearing themselves talk and can get pretty repetitive, babbling on and on about the topic of the day. Harmless really.
Unless you begin to believe them.
If they say the sky is green with purple stripes, you may want to think twice about trusting that information. I mean, it’s up to you but …
Sometimes they will actually try to convince you that it’s raining baseballs and you better get out your catcher’s mitt. If they do that, you can’t say I didn’t warn you.
I’m pretty sure you’ve already met one before. Matter of fact, on an ordinary day, there may be hundreds of them, even thousands, just passing by, yakkety yak, yakkety yak.
You may want to know whether or not to invite him in for tea.
Good question.
I’m glad you asked.
If you do meet a monkey one day, best to just sit tight and see how you feel. Maybe he makes you laugh. Maybe he makes you happy. Maybe he pokes you with his walking stick as he goes by. For God’s sake, don’t invite that one in for dinner!
Trouble is, some people do. And I ask you … seriously now … why oh why would you invite a monkey into your house if he’s behaving like that?
I mean, really.
Trust your feelings about who to invite to dinner.
I have lots of experience with monkeys so you really should believe me. And there are pretty much only two things to know so this should be easy.
Two tips about monkeys:
- Don’t believe a word he says. (But you already knew that because of the baseballs.)
- If what he says feels bad to you, just think, “Silly monkey!” Ignore the comment and he will walk on by and not even bother you. Trust me, it’s true.
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“Thinking is the grand originator of our experience.”
— William James
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Ever find yourself feeling not-the-best and wonder why? Been spending time with some particularly rambunctious monkeys lately? A-HA!
Remember:
You are the thinker of your own thoughts.
You are the one who invited the monkeys to high tea.
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“You wouldn’t eat something and then wonder why you had a certain taste in your mouth — you are always aware that you are the one who put the food in your mouth. We have innocently learned to interpret our thoughts as if they were ‘reality,’ but thought is merely an ability that we have — we are the ones who produce those thoughts. When we realize that thinking is an ability rather than a reality, we can dismiss any negative thoughts that pass through. As we do so, a positive feeling of happiness
begins to emerge.”
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The worst thing you can do is to take a monkey seriously.
That one sentence just about sums up all of your potential monkey problems and it’s where most people go awry. Sure, monkeys talk an awful lot but who cares, if it’s just chatter. Hey, if somebody came up to you and said, “I hate your purple hair,” would you really be upset? No. Because you don’t believe for one second that you have purple hair. You wouldn’t feel hurt, you’d look at him and say, “Silly monkey!” Right?
Monkeys are harmless.
There will always be monkeys and that’s ok. They really don’t mean any harm and can actually be pretty entertaining. For one, they come up with some veeeeery good stories! If a monkey is telling a particularly tall tale and it happens to be about you, rather than getting insulted, you can think, “Wow, I’m impressed. Very creative!”
And did you know? They tell the best jokes!
Activate the thought that feels good. Invite a monkey to dinner if he makes you smile. Follow this advice and you really can go about your business, enjoying your life to the fullest, even having fun with any monkeys you may meet along the way.
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“Every thought is already vibrating and when you focus upon it, you activate the vibration of it within you. So, when you give your attention to something and it activates within you, we would call it simply an activated thought.Introduce into the mix a very important factor which is, ‘How do I want to feel?’ And ‘this thought feels awful’ and ‘this thought feels better’ and ‘this thought feels great.’ So now I’m choosing, not based upon what I formerly called ‘fact’ I’m choosing based upon what I call ‘the way I feel.’
And things will shift for you
and they’ll shift for you fast.”
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What inspired this article?
- Boo Monkey
by Ty
- Who Cares?! The Unique Teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
- The Principles of Psychology, Vol.1
by William James
- You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective
by Richard Carlson
- Manifest Your Desires: 365 Ways to Make Your Dreams a Reality
by Abraham-Hicks
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