Now, Off to Get Ice Cream: Changing the Channel in Your Monkey Mind
Thoughts come and go. Unfortunately for too many they don't go. That's the "monkey mind" which programs obsessive thought patterns. Those, in turn, can trigger self-defeating behavior.
Common is the client for a tarot reading who can't stop thinking about what the boss said to them 10 days ago. As a result - and this is why they are worried - they are giving off hostile vibes in the office. They know it but they can't break through that force field. Meanwhile, others in that workplace are distancing themselves.
The good news for them and everyone else suffering with all that is going on in their heads is this: It is possible to let thoughts go. That is, they can change the channel in their heads. As addiction expert JF Benoist explains in the best-seller "Addicted to the Monkey Mind," children do that all the time.
Benoist provides the anecdote of the little one who falls, gets up and starts crying. They are caught in being preoccupied with what to them is the end of the world. Then dad comes along and says, "Let's go out for ice cream." Immediately the tears stop and the child's consciousness flips into another version of now.
Adults can open themselves to the "Off to get ice cream" thought-changer. The boss gruffly says that you have to respond to emails more quickly. You are in shock because often the job involves in-person interaction with clients which means you can't be always checking email.
If you are willing to leave that emotional force field, you can move on to the problem-solving part. You won't be trapped in your thoughts.
What to you evokes "going for ice cream?" It could be plugging into visualizing a day trip this weekend or anticipating curling up with the dog on the couch to watch Netflix. The initial thought is released. You zero in on how to handle the boss' mandate.
From the get-go in top businesses, the push is to develop solutions, not be stuck in a problem. For human beings most of those problems come from our monkey minds.
Jane Genova * Tarot Card Reader * Intuitive Coach * Medium.
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