What did you observe about your monkey mind?

❓ Course questions
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Did it chatter away?

2

Always wondering around

3

Interesting concept

4

Much more relaxed, God I’m stressed as my normal state

5

This meditation has to be my favourite. My mind is clear and I realize the triviality of my cravings and negative thoughts. I will continue to do this exercise as I found it extremely helpful.

6

definitely a different meditation but good

7

Good new aspect of meditation

8

Different but good. Look forward to using this technique again

9

this is what naturally worked for me back when i first started meditating. love that it’s part of the course here. definitely gonna start doing it again

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  1. when observed my thoughts turned from narrative to abstract … just images and shapes
  2. I noticed that I plan for the future a lot, imagining meetings at parties and stuff. As I grew more aware of what i was doing those thoughts faded slowly and were replaced by abstractions again.
  3. i found it quite amusing, how mad it is.
  4. near the end it seemed like I transitioned into a different mental state, a deeper meditation , more like sleep
11

First session of monkey mind. Feel really relaxed. Towards the end few minutes I felt in a totally different place and away from everything else.

Very useful.

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12

Great practice. I find it challenging observing thoughts rather than just having them. For now I’m able to watch where my mind goes and I think that at least is a start.

13

Helped stay in the moment

14

Was able to get into an almost sleeplike state. Still having lots of distracting thoughts however. Need to maintain and work on focus

15

I have a lot going on. And it was all coming at me at once. This meditation helped me sort through some of it, at least prioritize it.

16

Caught up in thoughts throughout. But did manage to at least notice this several times.

17

My mind was caught up in thoughts about today, what’s happening tomorrow and into the future. There was a lot going on. It felt a little overwhelming and my head and right eye hurt.

18

Caught between thoughts

19

A lot going on. Thoughts about events that happened months ago as well as things currently going on in my life

20

Thinking of past memories with someone, the brief conversation we had today, questions on if we will talk in the future. All going on at one time