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We live in an unprecedented period of history, where speed and frenzy rule the day. Everything is moving fast, whether it is cars whizzing through traffic, images constantly appearing and disappearing on our black mirrors, or our thoughts, which are often uncontrollable and the source of the stress that drags us into utter frustration. We find ourselves constantly tired and exhausted, even if we have a chance to stop, we are still restless because the monkey mind does not stop, it continues with its cumbersome thoughts. It makes little difference whether the thoughts concern work, the emotional sphere, or one’s social or private life. The constant is always the same — a mind that never stops, a thought that sprouts and shortly after becomes a crazy train ready to derail. Our mind is like a crazy monkey.
We constantly go from one thought to another worrying only about the past or the future without ever fully experiencing the present.
That is why we are constantly unhappy, sad, and unmotivated. We are letting the crazy monkey play with us.
So even a restoring moment such as the one before sleep becomes a time of wear and tear and great suffering.
“We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never…
