Monkey Mind

The monkey mind is very clever and it can live you're entire life with no intervention from “you”. In that case you will likely assume that the monkey is you. But, it's a monkey. Is it going to make the best decisions for a human or is it going to make monkey decisions?

Mindfulness adds a trainer to the mix. The monkey doesn't have to do what the trainer says but the trainer can point out when the monkey is going off track, about to make a bad decision.