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I CAN BE SAD
WITHOUT MAKING IT A PROJECT 💎

Something happened recently in a close friendship. Nothing dramatic. No great argument. No doors slammed. Just that peculiar feeling of someone becoming more distant.

And immediately the mind went to work. What happened? Was it something I said? Should I explain? Should I write? Should I wait? Should I repair something? Have I misunderstood?

Round and round, the monkey mind had me well and truly by the short and curlies.

And then this morning I remembered one of my favourite lines from A Course in Miracles:

“I need do nothing.”

And for once I took it absolutely literally.

THERE IS NOTHING I NEED TO DO.

I don't need to chase anyone. I don't need to work out what another person is thinking. I don't need to manufacture an explanation for their behaviour. I don't even need to make myself feel better about it.

That last bit matters. “I need do nothing” isn't a clever way of getting rid of sadness. The sadness can be here.

WHAT DISAPPEARS IS THE ASSIGNMENT.

I wonder how much of our lives we spend trying to mentally manage things that are already happening. Other people's feelings. Their decisions. Whether they stay. Whether they leave. What they think of us. What tomorrow might bring.

We call much of this thinking. Quite a lot of it is attempted control.

Sometimes there really is something to do. Apologise. Speak. Act. Help. Change something.

AND SOMETIMES THERE SIMPLY ISN'T.

This morning, there isn't.

The sadness may still be here. But there is nothing I need to do about it.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek


#ACIM #ACourseInMiracles #Stillness #LettingGo #Presence #Acceptance #Peace #Friendship #Sadness #MonkeyMind #Control #NothingToFix #people #monkey #mind

I CAN BE SAD
WITHOUT MAKING IT A PROJECT 💎

Something happened recently in a close friendship. Nothing dramatic. No great argument. No doors slammed. Just that peculiar feeling of someone becoming more distant.

And immediately the mind went to work. What happened? Was it something I said? Should I explain? Should I write? Should I wait? Should I repair something? Have I misunderstood?

Round and round, the monkey mind had me well and truly by the short and curlies.

And then this morning I remembered one of my favourite lines from A Course in Miracles:

“I need do nothing.”

And for once I took it absolutely literally.

THERE IS NOTHING I NEED TO DO.

I don't need to chase anyone. I don't need to work out what another person is thinking. I don't need to manufacture an explanation for their behaviour. I don't even need to make myself feel better about it.

That last bit matters. “I need do nothing” isn't a clever way of getting rid of sadness. The sadness can be here.

WHAT DISAPPEARS IS THE ASSIGNMENT.

I wonder how much of our lives we spend trying to mentally manage things that are already happening. Other people's feelings. Their decisions. Whether they stay. Whether they leave. What they think of us. What tomorrow might bring.

We call much of this thinking. Quite a lot of it is attempted control.

Sometimes there really is something to do. Apologise. Speak. Act. Help. Change something.

AND SOMETIMES THERE SIMPLY ISN'T.

This morning, there isn't.

The sadness may still be here. But there is nothing I need to do about it.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek


#ACIM #ACourseInMiracles #Stillness #LettingGo #Presence #Acceptance #Peace #Friendship #Sadness #MonkeyMind #Control #NothingToFix #people #monkey #mind

I CAN BE SAD
WITHOUT MAKING IT A PROJECT 💎

Something happened recently in a close friendship. Nothing dramatic. No great argument. No doors slammed. Just that peculiar feeling of someone becoming more distant.

And immediately the mind went to work. What happened? Was it something I said? Should I explain? Should I write? Should I wait? Should I repair something? Have I misunderstood?

Round and round, the monkey mind had me well and truly by the short and curlies.

And then this morning I remembered one of my favourite lines from A Course in Miracles:

“I need do nothing.”

And for once I took it absolutely literally.

THERE IS NOTHING I NEED TO DO.

I don't need to chase anyone. I don't need to work out what another person is thinking. I don't need to manufacture an explanation for their behaviour. I don't even need to make myself feel better about it.

That last bit matters. “I need do nothing” isn't a clever way of getting rid of sadness. The sadness can be here.

WHAT DISAPPEARS IS THE ASSIGNMENT.

I wonder how much of our lives we spend trying to mentally manage things that are already happening. Other people's feelings. Their decisions. Whether they stay. Whether they leave. What they think of us. What tomorrow might bring.

We call much of this thinking. Quite a lot of it is attempted control.

Sometimes there really is something to do. Apologise. Speak. Act. Help. Change something.

AND SOMETIMES THERE SIMPLY ISN'T.

This morning, there isn't.

The sadness may still be here. But there is nothing I need to do about it.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek


#ACIM #ACourseInMiracles #Stillness #LettingGo #Presence #Acceptance #Peace #Friendship #Sadness #MonkeyMind #Control #NothingToFix #people #monkey #mind

I CAN BE SAD
WITHOUT MAKING IT A PROJECT 💎

Something happened recently in a close friendship. Nothing dramatic. No great argument. No doors slammed. Just that peculiar feeling of someone becoming more distant.

And immediately the mind went to work. What happened? Was it something I said? Should I explain? Should I write? Should I wait? Should I repair something? Have I misunderstood?

Round and round, the monkey mind had me well and truly by the short and curlies.

And then this morning I remembered one of my favourite lines from A Course in Miracles:

“I need do nothing.”

And for once I took it absolutely literally.

THERE IS NOTHING I NEED TO DO.

I don't need to chase anyone. I don't need to work out what another person is thinking. I don't need to manufacture an explanation for their behaviour. I don't even need to make myself feel better about it.

That last bit matters. “I need do nothing” isn't a clever way of getting rid of sadness. The sadness can be here.

WHAT DISAPPEARS IS THE ASSIGNMENT.

I wonder how much of our lives we spend trying to mentally manage things that are already happening. Other people's feelings. Their decisions. Whether they stay. Whether they leave. What they think of us. What tomorrow might bring.

We call much of this thinking. Quite a lot of it is attempted control.

Sometimes there really is something to do. Apologise. Speak. Act. Help. Change something.

AND SOMETIMES THERE SIMPLY ISN'T.

This morning, there isn't.

The sadness may still be here. But there is nothing I need to do about it.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek


#ACIM #ACourseInMiracles #Stillness #LettingGo #Presence #Acceptance #Peace #Friendship #Sadness #MonkeyMind #Control #NothingToFix #people #monkey #mind

https://medium.com/the-clarity-project/train-your-monkey-mind-b7450e5f82c7

A restless creature paces inside your head, pulling your attention toward shadows, memories, and imagined futures.

#monkeymind #personaldevelopment #medium #mind #selfawareness

https://medium.com/the-clarity-project/train-your-monkey-mind-b7450e5f82c7

A restless creature paces inside your head, pulling your attention toward shadows, memories, and imagined futures.

#monkeymind #personaldevelopment #medium #mind #selfawareness

https://medium.com/the-clarity-project/train-your-monkey-mind-b7450e5f82c7

A restless creature paces inside your head, pulling your attention toward shadows, memories, and imagined futures.

#monkeymind #personaldevelopment #medium #mind #selfawareness

https://medium.com/the-clarity-project/train-your-monkey-mind-b7450e5f82c7

A restless creature paces inside your head, pulling your attention toward shadows, memories, and imagined futures.

#monkeymind #personaldevelopment #medium #mind #selfawareness

That's the picture that came to my mind

#meditation #buddhism #jhana #concentration #practice #monkeymind

That's the picture that came to my mind

#meditation #buddhism #jhana #concentration #practice #monkeymind

That's the picture that came to my mind

#meditation #buddhism #jhana #concentration #practice #monkeymind

That's the picture that came to my mind

#meditation #buddhism #jhana #concentration #practice #monkeymind

wellfleet #OffMainGallery awhile ago.

text painting wall curated by Robert

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

wellfleet #OffMainGallery awhile ago.

text painting wall curated by Robert

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

wellfleet #OffMainGallery awhile ago.

text painting wall curated by Robert

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

This is your brain on hammers. We explore how our narrow conventional thinking (the hammer) leads us on a never-ending hunt for nails and non-nails. Zen meditation and practice in everyday life gives us a chance at freedom, a chance to put the hammer in the toolbox for when we need it again.

https://www.blankettheory.blog/hammer-mind/

#Zen #Zazen #Meditation #Mindfulness #Buddhism #Philosophy #MonkeyMind #NonAttachment #Awareness #Oneness #Contemplation

This is your brain on hammers. We explore how our narrow conventional thinking (the hammer) leads us on a never-ending hunt for nails and non-nails. Zen meditation and practice in everyday life gives us a chance at freedom, a chance to put the hammer in the toolbox for when we need it again.

https://www.blankettheory.blog/hammer-mind/

#Zen #Zazen #Meditation #Mindfulness #Buddhism #Philosophy #MonkeyMind #NonAttachment #Awareness #Oneness #Contemplation

This is your brain on hammers. We explore how our narrow conventional thinking (the hammer) leads us on a never-ending hunt for nails and non-nails. Zen meditation and practice in everyday life gives us a chance at freedom, a chance to put the hammer in the toolbox for when we need it again.

https://www.blankettheory.blog/hammer-mind/

#Zen #Zazen #Meditation #Mindfulness #Buddhism #Philosophy #MonkeyMind #NonAttachment #Awareness #Oneness #Contemplation

COULD EAT

squeeeeek video from a while back

started as a Kafka/Metamorphosis pandemic series, showed in Sarajevo

https://youtu.be/K6m0_mv3K5M?si=5fabdKMILBAuQobF

Speed Paste Robot NMW 635
#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis #artsgowanus #speedpaste #squeeek

COULD EAT

squeeeeek video from a while back

started as a Kafka/Metamorphosis pandemic series, showed in Sarajevo

https://youtu.be/K6m0_mv3K5M?si=5fabdKMILBAuQobF

Speed Paste Robot NMW 635
#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis #artsgowanus #speedpaste #squeeek

COULD EAT

squeeeeek video from a while back

started as a Kafka/Metamorphosis pandemic series, showed in Sarajevo

https://youtu.be/K6m0_mv3K5M?si=5fabdKMILBAuQobF

Speed Paste Robot NMW 635
#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis #artsgowanus #speedpaste #squeeek

peel slowly and see
(revisited)

SPR nmw 594

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

peel slowly and see
(revisited)

SPR nmw 594

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

peel slowly and see
(revisited)

SPR nmw 594

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

in which we revisit a
Speed Paste Robot v 1
text painting mantra

SPR nmw 591

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

in which we revisit a
Speed Paste Robot v 1
text painting mantra

SPR nmw 591

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

in which we revisit a
Speed Paste Robot v 1
text painting mantra

SPR nmw 591

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting

Mein Kopf spielt heute verrückt. Gedankenkarussell. Es nervt. #MonkeyMind

Mein Kopf spielt heute verrückt. Gedankenkarussell. Es nervt. #MonkeyMind

it makes you
(stupid)

detail text painting
Franz Kafka's 142nd birthday

whole series of painting/animations

https://bit.ly/4eu77LQ

metamorphosis nmw 535

#graffiti #comics #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis

it makes you
(stupid)

detail text painting
Franz Kafka's 142nd birthday

whole series of painting/animations

https://bit.ly/4eu77LQ

metamorphosis nmw 535

#graffiti #comics #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis

it makes you
(stupid)

detail text painting
Franz Kafka's 142nd birthday

whole series of painting/animations

https://bit.ly/4eu77LQ

metamorphosis nmw 535

#graffiti #comics #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis

🤣 🐒 🧠 #monkeymind

Das Default Mode Netzwerk (DMN) wird oft mit dem Begriff "Monkey Mind" in Verbindung gebracht. Der Ausdruck "Monkey Mind" beschreibt einen Zustand des unruhigen, ziellosen Denkens, der häufig auftritt, wenn das Gehirn nicht aktiv mit einer bestimmten Aufgabe beschäftigt ist. In diesem Zustand wandert der Geist durch Erinnerungen, Sorgen und Gedanken über die Zukunft, was die typischen Aktivitäten des #DMN widerspiegelt 💡

🔗 https://s.42l.fr/bO10a_1B

🤣 🐒 🧠 #monkeymind

Das Default Mode Netzwerk (DMN) wird oft mit dem Begriff "Monkey Mind" in Verbindung gebracht. Der Ausdruck "Monkey Mind" beschreibt einen Zustand des unruhigen, ziellosen Denkens, der häufig auftritt, wenn das Gehirn nicht aktiv mit einer bestimmten Aufgabe beschäftigt ist. In diesem Zustand wandert der Geist durch Erinnerungen, Sorgen und Gedanken über die Zukunft, was die typischen Aktivitäten des #DMN widerspiegelt 💡

🔗 https://s.42l.fr/bO10a_1B

🤣 🐒 🧠 #monkeymind

Das Default Mode Netzwerk (DMN) wird oft mit dem Begriff "Monkey Mind" in Verbindung gebracht. Der Ausdruck "Monkey Mind" beschreibt einen Zustand des unruhigen, ziellosen Denkens, der häufig auftritt, wenn das Gehirn nicht aktiv mit einer bestimmten Aufgabe beschäftigt ist. In diesem Zustand wandert der Geist durch Erinnerungen, Sorgen und Gedanken über die Zukunft, was die typischen Aktivitäten des #DMN widerspiegelt 💡

🔗 https://s.42l.fr/bO10a_1B

🤣 🐒 🧠 #monkeymind

Das Default Mode Netzwerk (DMN) wird oft mit dem Begriff "Monkey Mind" in Verbindung gebracht. Der Ausdruck "Monkey Mind" beschreibt einen Zustand des unruhigen, ziellosen Denkens, der häufig auftritt, wenn das Gehirn nicht aktiv mit einer bestimmten Aufgabe beschäftigt ist. In diesem Zustand wandert der Geist durch Erinnerungen, Sorgen und Gedanken über die Zukunft, was die typischen Aktivitäten des #DMN widerspiegelt 💡

🔗 https://s.42l.fr/bO10a_1B

Heerlijk om op een vrije dag lekker in de #Lochal te zitten en te lezen in tijdschriften.
Maar.... ieder ander gesprek krijg ik óók mee en mijn hoofd is al zo vol...... Ik zoek meteen een lege omgeving.
Zou dat te maken hebben met mijn #monkeymind ? Telkens andere gedachten omdat ik me niet op 1 ding kan concentreren?
Alles komt binnen, geluiden, beelden... Sommigen noemen dit mijn #autisme, maar ik háát labeltjes. Herkent iemand dit?

Heerlijk om op een vrije dag lekker in de #Lochal te zitten en te lezen in tijdschriften.
Maar.... ieder ander gesprek krijg ik óók mee en mijn hoofd is al zo vol...... Ik zoek meteen een lege omgeving.
Zou dat te maken hebben met mijn #monkeymind ? Telkens andere gedachten omdat ik me niet op 1 ding kan concentreren?
Alles komt binnen, geluiden, beelden... Sommigen noemen dit mijn #autisme, maar ik háát labeltjes. Herkent iemand dit?

The monkey of the mind loves capering about;
Just look at him!
Constantly chattering, and blowing silly songs on his trumpet!

But when he is trained to behave,
He sits quietly.
And his wise master can enjoy his tea
in peace

#mindfulness #peace #tea #monkeymind

The monkey of the mind loves capering about;
Just look at him!
Constantly chattering, and blowing silly songs on his trumpet!

But when he is trained to behave,
He sits quietly.
And his wise master can enjoy his tea
in peace

#mindfulness #peace #tea #monkeymind

The monkey of the mind loves capering about;
Just look at him!
Constantly chattering, and blowing silly songs on his trumpet!

But when he is trained to behave,
He sits quietly.
And his wise master can enjoy his tea
in peace

#mindfulness #peace #tea #monkeymind

Goeiemorgen, maak er een fijne dag van. Niet te lang op je mobieltje, want je krijgt er mogelijk een '#brokkelbrein' van, zo lees ik vanmorgen. Mooi woord, ik kende alleen '#monkeymind' .

Goeiemorgen, maak er een fijne dag van. Niet te lang op je mobieltje, want je krijgt er mogelijk een '#brokkelbrein' van, zo lees ik vanmorgen. Mooi woord, ik kende alleen '#monkeymind' .

here are 7 paintings on paper I made with monkey in the title

#ComicbookAds #mastodonArt #deconstructedText #art #painting #collage #MixedMedia #graffiti #MastoArt #MonkeyMind

7 results found for "monkey" https://speedpastespecial.com/search?q=monkey

I've had three great, focused days of #DeepWork this week...

...but I can't sustain that pace every day! My attention is very hard to corral today. #ChasingRabbits #MonkeyMind

I've had three great, focused days of #DeepWork this week...

...but I can't sustain that pace every day! My attention is very hard to corral today. #ChasingRabbits #MonkeyMind

I've had three great, focused days of #DeepWork this week...

...but I can't sustain that pace every day! My attention is very hard to corral today. #ChasingRabbits #MonkeyMind

a 2022 highlight:
@offmaingallery4 show in Wellfleet MA with @amysolomon_studio

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #monkeymind #textpainting #ComicbookAds #deconstructedText #art #collage #MixedMedia

a 2022 highlight:
my stop motion animations included in this exhibit in Sarajevo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF0WBBZLPXo&t=26s

#graffiti #comics #speedpasterobot #painting #gnarly #monkeymind #hystericontologic #textpainting #franzkafka #gregorsamsa #metamorphosis #speedpaste #squeeek

FTR I still haven’t made it to the end of that WaPo article I shared an hour or so ago
#MonkeyMind

FTR I still haven’t made it to the end of that WaPo article I shared an hour or so ago
#MonkeyMind

FTR I still haven’t made it to the end of that WaPo article I shared an hour or so ago
#MonkeyMind

I wrote a thing about beginning each day with a pause and then reboot your brain for the day.

#meditation #mindfulness #monkeymind

https://wiobyrne.com/pause-reboot/