Hey,
Conversations. We all have them.
We enjoy the banter and insights. We laugh, we joke and discuss what matters.
We are social creatures.
But there is another side to our conversations that is not often discussed.
Often not talked about.
The other conversations
And I am not talking about the ones with other people. They are the quiet private chats we have with ourselves. ( The part were (it's harder to tell these days with cellphones and air earbuds, who is and/ or is not) we talk to ourselves, ask questions and get answers and we ask to repeat ourselves. (am not sure about the last part.) If you're an engineer, mathematician etc. it's okay, but if you're a psychologist you're in a word - crazy! )
It's may be the stories that no one else hears.
Sometimes positive but often negative. And many times we don't even know we are having them, (especially after being up for 48 hrs).
It is the "
Monkey Mind" chatter and it is often relentless.
These are pointless and sometimes, harmful conversations we have with ourselves.
I'm not good enough. They are out to get me. I can't do that.
It is noise. We chastise ourselves.
These conversations take us into the future, link and drag us into the past.
We get in our own way
It is a human dilemma.
This mind chatter can become a mental dis-ease.
A virus....
It is the evil uncle that shows up uninvited.
If you allowed someone into your house and they told you out loud what you are telling yourself you would ask them to leave. Everyone hungers for honesty but don't like the taste when it is served.
They aren't welcome. But they keep knocking. And they seem to show up at the normal times.
When we stop and in the quiet moments.
The most disturbing?
In the darkness, in the middle of the night, when we are alone, before dawn.
In the gloom.
When no-one else is around.
Is this a growing epidemic?
Is modern society the cause?
Or has it always been there and just undiagnosed? No prognostics?
Is it due to the rise of the individual over the community?
Have we forgotten how to nurture the family that nourishes us?
Is socialmedia to blame? can't blame ourselves, can we?
What are the solutions?
Have a great week and be awesome.
Best
João
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From:
Jeff Bullas <jeff@jeffbullas.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 10:37 PM
Subject: Is Your Monkey Mind Running Your Life?
To: <
joaoa.dsilva2019@gmail.com>
--Jeff
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