The monkey mind

My teacher use to say the mind is like a drunken monkey bit by a scorpion. What is blocking our awareness is thoughts. We are constantly bombarded with millions of thoughts of the past and future, then we loose awareness of the present moment .. “now".


The mind is usually thinking a million thoughts at one second. Unable to grasp the entirety of any subject. Such a mind will not able to grasp the essence of such writings. Lets look at this a little deeper. Lets call thoughts that run through the mind per second as TPS ( thoughts per second. SO the average mind would oscillate as 1000 TPS. Through a wide array of spiritual practices available one can calm the mind down to say 100TPS and lower. In a state of 0 TPS, one is said to be totally aware. When you not only see things as they are but are no longer separate from the other. Self realized or Enlightened.
As you learn to lower your TPS you mind becomes able to grasp subtler and subtler truths.
Take up a meditative and experience the mind open up to subtle knowledge.