Re: Starting with IIH

["peter_reist <peter_reist@...>" <peter_reist@...>]

YaGi,

To use a metaphor that is often found more Oriental, most popularly 
known through the Zen tradition though it is found within others, 
traditions is to describe the mind that has all of these thoughts as 
the "Monkey mind". Which, like a monkey, likes to jump and play all 
around. Putting it's attention here one second and there the next. 
Though the process of meditation, specifically the observation of 
thoughts exercise, you are just letting the monkey mind do whatever 
it wants, not participating, and not attempting to make the monkey 
mind sit still -- an act which will only cause it to become more 
agrivated. So, with time the monkey mind eventually get's tired and 
very quiet, allowing for one pointedness and vacancy of mind.

Just a digression, don't mind me.

Live well,
Peter