Hello
I’m 69 and have struggled with a Monkey Mind all my life. I have finally come to the realization again I can't tame my Monkey Mind without some type of help. I?ve tried prescriptions a couple of times short term and don't like them, "No Sir I Don't Like Them, I Don't Like Them At All" (quote Mr. Horse from Ren and Stimpy). I've ordered a Kasina bundle and I?m going to try and tame my Monkey Mind with Kasina and document the journey. I hope I can continue to post these as this is something I was looking for while researching how to address my mental health issues without prescriptions. I have a visit coming up tomorrow with my Dr. about this and specifically using Kasina, just so he knows.
In short my symptoms are varying degrees of anxiety, worrying with some depression, which leads to insomnia which leads to anxiety and worrying. These mental ailments and lack of sleep have lead to a variety of physical ailments.
I read on the blog I should define what I want and how I will achieve it and measure success. I think in the beginning I am going to focus on just a 1 issue that has 3 parts. The issue is getting better sleep which means addressing my anxiety and worrying. Here are my 3 parts.
- Find sessions that I can run that will take me out of an anxiety attack asap. Distract the Monkey. Something I want that is easily measured for success.
- Find sessions that I can run that address anxiety in general and reduce the intensity or eliminate them. Kind of like a maintenance program and regime. Something I want that hopefully will be easily measured for success.
- Find a session that will help me with sleep issues. Unfortunately I don?t have trouble getting to sleep, it is waking up for what ever reason. If I disturb the Monkey it may be difficult to get back to sleep. Also I?m hoping #1 and #2 will help with #3.
As I mentioned I have ordered my Kasina bundle and hope it will be here by the weekend so I can get started. I'm not sure what to expect and I know I will need to put in the work in figuring out what works. I'm going to use the session on the Kasina and anything I think is interesting from SoundCloud/MindPlace. Although I may add a song or two just to see what it creates.
I hope someone finds this useful.
Nick and his Monkey Mind
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