HOW TO TAME THE MIND
LIVE THE PRESENT TO THE FULLEST, ENJOY LIFE AND LET GO OF YOUR FEARS BY TRAINING YOUR MONKEY MIND
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The first step to mastering your mind is to understand what the monkey mind is and why it’s such a problem.
The monkey mind is that part of our consciousness that never stops chattering away. It's always thinking about something, whether it be the past or future, positive or negative thoughts, good or bad experiences—the list goes on and on.
Most people are not even aware of how much time they spend caught up in endless chatter in their heads! The constant stream of self-talk can be exhausting at best and debilitating at worst—it keeps us from living fully in the present moment with all its joys, challenges, beauty and sorrows.
For example: If you are stressed out about work tomorrow, then you have already lost half your day because you will feel tired from poor sleep tonight due to worrying about tomorrow’s workload.
What would happen if we could stop worrying about these things long enough for us to enjoy eating lunch with friends this afternoon? Would we remember what kind of sandwich tastes best? Would we savor every bite instead of wolfing down whatever happens pass through our lips quickly so we can get back to being worried?
CONTENT
Introduction
What Is A Monkey Mind According To Zen Buddhists?
Why Thinking Of Your To-Do Lists Distracts You From The Present?
Why Thinking Of Imaginary Fears Distracts You From The Present?
Why Recalling Hurtful Things From The Past Distracts You From The Present?
Why Creating Catastrophic Scenarios Of The Future Prevents You From Living In The Present?
Why Judging The Present Moment Prevents You From Living Life At Its Fullest?
How Does The Monkey Mind Affect Your Mood?
Why Does The Monkey Mind Have A Negative Impact On Your Behavior?
Why Taming Your Monkey Mind Will Give You Clarity?
Why Taming Your Monkey Mind Will Allow You To Focus On The Present?
Why Taming Your Monkey Mind Will Improve The Quality Of Your Sleep?
Why Taming Your Monkey Mind Will Increase Your Sense Of Calm?
Why Taming Your Monkey Mind Will Make You Happier?
Why Mindfulness Can Help Us Tame The Mind?
How To Keep A Journal To Tame Your Mind?
What Is The A-B-C Technique To Tame The Monkey Mind?
How To Recite Mantras To Tame The Mind?
How To Avoid Jumping To Conclusions To Tame The Mind?
How To Use The Pranayama Breathing Technique To Tame The Mind?
Why Avoid Multitasking To Tame The Mind?
Why Physical Activity Can Help You Tame Your Mind?
How To Observe Your Own Thoughts To Tame Your Mind?
How Meditation Can Help You Tame Your Monkey Mind?
Why Practicing Yoga Can Help You Tame Your Mind?
ABOUT THE SAPIENS NETWORK
The content in this guide is based on extensive official research and comes from a variety of sources, mostly from books published by experts who have mastered each of the topics presented here and who are backed by internationally recognized careers.
Therefore, the reader will be able to acquire a large amount of knowledge from more than one reliable and specialized source. This happens because we rely only on official and endorsed media. In addition, we also collect information from different web pages, courses, biographies, and interviews, so we give the reader a broad overview of their topics of interest.
We have not only checked that the sources of knowledge are relevant, but we have also made a very careful selection of the final information that makes up this guide. With great practicality, we have compiled the most useful concepts and put them in a way that are easiest for the reader to learn.
Our ultimate goal is to simplify all the ideas that they are fully understandable and so that the reader can enjoy a pleasant, practical, and simple reading. This is why we strive to provide only the key information from each expert.
In this guide, the reader will not find redundancies or unnecessary or irrelevant content. Each chapter covers the essential and leaves out everything that could be deemed as extra or that does not add anything new to the selected concepts.
Thus, the reader will be able to enjoy a text where they will easily find specialized information that comes exclusively from experts and that has been selected with the greatest effectiveness.