Monkey Mind on the Digital Age
Have you ever heard of the term Monkey Mind? Imagine a great jungle, full of incredible flowers, plants and trees, and in this great scene there is a little monkey anxious to discover the world that surrounds him, and he keeps jumping and running from one place to another, almost uncontrollably, trapped by al that is shown before him. Sound familiar? Let's make a little analogy with our life. Obviously, we are that little monkey, and the incredible jungle represents the temptations that are presented to us in our lives. And although these concepts can apply to more than one situation in our daily lives, today we are going to talk specifically about our mind. The concept "Monkey Mind" describes this same situation, but it is the mind that is tempted to go after every thought that appears before us, losing the ability to concentrate or focus in the present moment. The same Eckhart Tolle explained, in his book "A New Earth", when he tells us about his first f...
