The word “monkey” has also become synonymous with imitation. In yoga, the human mind is referred to as markata, or monkey, because of its nature. After he had the sumptuous food, the man thought, “Oh! I wish I had something to drink.” He thought of all the drinks he wanted and all of them appeared in front of him. I wish I had something to eat.” He thought of all the nice things he wanted to eat and all of them just appeared in front of him. After a few hours, he woke up well-rested.

After the long walk he felt a little tired and thought, “I wish I could rest somewhere.” He saw a beautiful tree beneath which was wonderful, soft grass. A man went for a walk and accidentally walked into paradise.

There is a beautiful story in the yogic lore. The reason why success comes so easy and naturally for one person and is a struggle for another is because one person thinks the way he wants to think and another person thinks against himself. But the most important thing is the mind should become a conscious process. If you energize it further, it slowly becomes one-pointed – that is far better. This is a huge improvement over being scattered moment to moment. If you energize the mind further, the mind comes to a place where the mind is not so scattered, but it is oscillating – one day it is this way, another day that way. The moment you pump some energy into an inert mind, it becomes active, but it could be scattered. But an inert mind is closer to animal nature than the possibility of what it means to be human. Simple-minded people perform all the activities of the body far better than the so-called intellectual people because it needs some intelligence to cause disturbance and chaos. It is only the people who think who have trouble sleeping. Someone who is very simple-minded and whose intellect is still not effervescent has no trouble. That means it is not activated at all, it is in a rudimentary state. Your mind can be in five different states. It is the most miraculous thing if only you could use it consciously. Sadhguru: The most miraculous thing in this existence in terms of instruments, is not the computer, car or spacecraft, but the human mind.

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