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Monkey-Mind. Huh. That’s interesting. Is that kinda ADHD?

medb 2y ago
No. It's just a description of how attention is sequentially occupied by a singular conception. It's so quick and seamless, attending to 10+ concepts per second, that we aren't fully conscious of most of attention's contents... As soon as it has released the last (concept) branch, it is grasping the next... Like a monkey swings through the trees.
- zeckalpha 2y ago
  ADHD may be a western pathologized term for the upper end of the distribution of "10+"
freilanzer 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_mind > It is a Buddhist concept that describes a state of restlessness, capriciousness, and lack of control in one's thoughts.
- FrustratedMonky 2y ago
  Monkey Monkey In the quiet jungle of the mind, Where thoughts intertwine and bind, Lives a creature, restless, undefined, "Monkey monkey," whispering, unconfined. "Monkey monkey" in the trees, Swinging wild, in the breeze, Grasping branches of worries with ease, Never still, never at peace. This monkey leaps from limb to limb, From dawn till dusk, on a whim, Thoughts to thoughts, the world so dim, "Monkey monkey," the mind's hymn. In the canopy of consciousness it dwells, Through the forest of thoughts, it propels, "Monkey monkey," it spells, A tale of unrest it tells. But hush, now listen, there's a way, To calm the monkey, to sway, With mindfulness, day by day, "Monkey monkey," will no longer stray. Breathe in deep, let it go, Watch the monkey, but don't follow, In the mind's eye, let it show, "Monkey monkey," now moves slow. In the quiet jungle of the mind, "Monkey monkey," has resigned, Peace and stillness, intertwined, The restless creature, now aligned. "Monkey monkey," once did roam, In the heart, it found a home, Within the calm, no longer alone, "Monkey monkey," in tranquility's dome.
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

medb 2y ago

No. It's just a description of how attention is sequentially occupied by a singular conception. It's so quick and seamless, attending to 10+ concepts per second, that we aren't fully conscious of most of attention's contents... As soon as it has released the last (concept) branch, it is grasping the next... Like a monkey swings through the trees.

zeckalpha 2y ago
ADHD may be a western pathologized term for the upper end of the distribution of "10+"

freilanzer 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_mind > It is a Buddhist concept that describes a state of restlessness, capriciousness, and lack of control in one's thoughts.

FrustratedMonky 2y ago
Monkey Monkey In the quiet jungle of the mind, Where thoughts intertwine and bind, Lives a creature, restless, undefined, "Monkey monkey," whispering, unconfined. "Monkey monkey" in the trees, Swinging wild, in the breeze, Grasping branches of worries with ease, Never still, never at peace. This monkey leaps from limb to limb, From dawn till dusk, on a whim, Thoughts to thoughts, the world so dim, "Monkey monkey," the mind's hymn. In the canopy of consciousness it dwells, Through the forest of thoughts, it propels, "Monkey monkey," it spells, A tale of unrest it tells. But hush, now listen, there's a way, To calm the monkey, to sway, With mindfulness, day by day, "Monkey monkey," will no longer stray. Breathe in deep, let it go, Watch the monkey, but don't follow, In the mind's eye, let it show, "Monkey monkey," now moves slow. In the quiet jungle of the mind, "Monkey monkey," has resigned, Peace and stillness, intertwined, The restless creature, now aligned. "Monkey monkey," once did roam, In the heart, it found a home, Within the calm, no longer alone, "Monkey monkey," in tranquility's dome.
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.