Hamster Head

Posted on May 19, 2008
Filed Under Awareness |

No, this is not the name of a new recording group. (At least I don’t think so anyway.) It’s my response to a term that I believe comes from Buddhism, called “Monkey Mind.” This term means the mind that won’t settle down and allow one to meditate. It climbs from thought to thought.

I’m going one further and offering up what I loving refer to as the “Hamster Head.” That would be the one where that insane little creature masquerading as my thoughts runs endless loops around the hamster wheel.

Awareness has been defined as the ability to step back from our thought processes and recognize them for what they are: Ego. Well for me, that’s on a good day.

The human part of me that I take kicking and screaming into the awakening process with me is stubborn. It can be disheartening to realize I’ve spend the last 6 hours thinking about something that I am so thoroughly sick and tired of thinking about. Not only did I waste my precious head space on that subject today but also wrestled with it the day before and the day before that.

“Oh, it must be something really important to have that sort of an effect on you,” you say. The answer to that statement would be a loud and resounding “Not necessarily.”

Hamsters are not that logical.

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6 Responses to “Hamster Head”

  1. heidi on May 20th, 2008 7:54 am

    I am definately a hamster head. Regardless of how hard I try my mind is alwyas going a million miles an hour. One of my goals in life is to acutally be able to relax and meditate!

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  2. admin on May 20th, 2008 9:11 am

    No kidding Heidi, that’s my goal too. It’s good to have something to strive for, dontcha think?

  3. Sonia Simone on May 20th, 2008 9:35 am

    Ha, I like this! I am a terrible hamster-head sufferer, esp. right before I go to sleep. I have that same sense of “good lord, how much of my life did I just waste chewing on THAT.”

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  4. admin on May 20th, 2008 9:09 pm

    So true, Sonia. I think that it’s all part of the learning process to train your brain to work differently.

    1) Drive yourself crazy doing it.
    2) Stop before you go mad!

  5. CDeeering on May 21st, 2008 3:17 am

    Running around in circles is the name of my mind game… A good cup of chaomomile tea helps… or a good scotch, take your pick.

    CDeeerings last blog post..Bloggers Unite for Human Rights

  6. admin on May 21st, 2008 8:52 am

    Yes, often just taking the time to stop and reflect helps the most.

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