It jumps from thought to thought.
Who we are and why we are here,
this important thing it forgot!
We pay a lot of attention to our mind. We think it is our most important treasure. We even go on to believe that we are the mind. But the truth is, the mind is a rascal. It stops us from the realization of the truth. It is the cause of our misery and suffering. It is like a monkey that is constantly jumping. It swings from thoughts of the past and makes us sink into the fear of the future. Most importantly, it stops us from the realization of the truth, from finding who we truly are and why we are here. We must transcend the mind. We must kill the little rascal with our intellect every time it pops its head up. Otherwise we will never realize the truth.