As I sit down to read yesterday's mail, I notice my mind is madly ticking off a list of other things I could (and should) be doing. It seems pretty irritated that I haven't yet learned to bi-locate.
Is this what Buddhists call monkey mind? Chattering on and on, not always making a lot of sense. Either nagging and dissatisfied or off in its own little world, going on about one thing or another. Making up stories. Trying to get me to believe they're real. Relying on dubious premises to cobble together "the way things are."
It takes careful investigation and tireless effort to begin to unravel the tangle of thoughts woven over the years by a relentless monkey mind.
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