Monkey mind

The monkey mind (kapicitta) is a term sometimes used by the Buddha to describe the agitated, easily distracted and incessantly moving behaviour of ordinary human consciousness (Ja.III,148; V,445). Once he observed: ‘Just as a monkey swinging through the trees grabs one branch and lets it go only to seize another, so too, that which is called thought, mind or consciousness arises and disappears continually both day and night.’ (S.II,95). Anyone who has spent even a little time observing his own mind and then watched a troop of monkeys will have to admit that this comparison is an accurate and not very flattering one. On another occasion the Buddha said that a person with uncontrolled craving jumps from here to there like a monkey searching for fruit in the forest’ (Dhp.334). In contrast to this, the Buddha asked his disciples to train themselves so as to develop ‘a mind like a forest deer’ (miga bhūtena cetasā, M.I,450). Deer are particularly gentle creatures and always remain alert and aware no matter what they are doing.

Taming the Monkey Mind, Thubden Chodron, 1995.

People who have the monkey mind will always jump from things to another and will always be disturb, our society is a pure production of the Monkey mind we always jump to the one technology to another one we never satisfy and want always more.

When we look on that we don't have lot of antidote except the meditation, in the west like in the east the meditation become part of our life, change our monkey mind to a deep calm mind we drive us to have more compassion to each others.

Peoples who not meditate generally have all kind of problem and also jump always one subject to another like the monkey for the tree.

To calm definitively a monkey mind we have the ultimate solution of Shine meditation call also Samatha, we start to observe on through and let go with approving or following a though.

The better it's for those who have no experience is to start in group if you can, if not just build a calm space with no lot distraction actually you should cut all distraction to make a proper retreat, then site in proper position and just observe your breath and watch your trough at first that will be really difficult but you shouldn't give up.

When you start to be confident in your meditation it's always good to work on daily basis build a ground, you will observe your behaviour will change and your action and that the start on the path of your freedom.