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 thoughts of lunch or that person who didn't say hi in the hall or that (gender neutral) hotty you interacted with three weeks  thoughts of lunch or that person who didn't say hi in the hall or that (gender neutral) hotty you interacted with three weeks 
 ago or dinner or how you're a terrible meditator or that really funny joke you heard the other day or how it should have pooped  ago or dinner or how you're a terrible meditator or that really funny joke you heard the other day or how it should have pooped 
-before sitting down to meditate?+before sitting down to meditate.
  
 The point is not what the monkey is currently obsessing over, the point is THERE'S A MONKEY IN YOUR HEAD!   The point is not what the monkey is currently obsessing over, the point is THERE'S A MONKEY IN YOUR HEAD!  
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 The answers (which I have because I made the questions) are: The answers (which I have because I made the questions) are:
-  * There's a monkey in your head. (Or an [[The Elephant and the Rider|elephant]] but right now I'm talking monkeys.)+  * There's a monkey in your head. (Or an [[The Elephant and the Rider|elephant]], but right now I'm talking monkeys.)
   * You were born human.   * You were born human.
   * You don't.   * You don't.
  
 Now, this monkey is  very clever.  It can live your entire life with no intervention from you.  In fact, you will likely assume that  Now, this monkey is  very clever.  It can live your entire life with no intervention from you.  In fact, you will likely assume that 
-the monkey is you and helpfully give it hand when it needs to do math or fill out a tax form or something complicated, and as you +the monkey is you and helpfully give it a hand when it needs to do math or fill out a tax form or something complicated, and as you 
 do this you will never ever suspect that there's a monkey in head.  And the monkey might do a fine job of living your life, but, it's  do this you will never ever suspect that there's a monkey in head.  And the monkey might do a fine job of living your life, but, it's 
 a monkey.  Consequently it will often make monkey decisions which are not always the best decisions for a human. There's also  a monkey.  Consequently it will often make monkey decisions which are not always the best decisions for a human. There's also