Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Unfocused brains

One Year Bible-Rejoice in the Lord, always. Do not be anxious-pray and present petitions to God giving thanks because God has already responded--experience divine peace--focus on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable--excellent, praiseworthy--put what you know into practice (Philippians 4:4-8). The above summary of these verses is faithful to the Greek text.

"Monkey Mind" is a Buddhist term meaning "unsettled; restless; capricious; whimsical; fanciful; inconstant; confused; indecisive; uncontrollable". It is what goes on in our unfocused brains and dominates our thinking when we ignore the meditation formula set forth above in Philippians 4. Focused meditation keeps us from living and thinking like "monkeys" and fully attuned to the God-mind in us.

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