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06-29-2008, 09:53 PM

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Griff

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Isn't the point that the monkey mind has always been there?

Sure but for most of human history there was a need to obsess for survival. Now when we obsess about stuff its often trivial. Quieting the mind helps us order our lives in the absence of a real threat of starvation etc...

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