<p><strong>The first idea is that the monkey mind's activeness isn't an enemy to be slayed</strong>. We might not like the feeling of constant distractedness, but if we sit with the mind in meditation, we can see that this is just how the mind likes to behave. It's a habit, but also a big part of the nature of our mind.</p>

Most people feel busy and distracted throughout the day - calm and focus and a feeling of purpose are fairly rare for most of us. We're jumping from messages to social media to email to quick work tasks to a search for something we're curious about, from dozens of messages to dozens of posts to a couple doze browser tabs.

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Monkey Mind: Shifting the Habit of Feeling Distracted Throughout the Day : zen habits

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Monkey Mind: Shifting the Habit of Feeling Distracted Throughout the Day : zen habits

Sachi Wijesinghe