Emmett Miller MDPersonal Coach/Physician Mind-Body Medicine/Psychotherapist/

Bring Peace to the Monkey Mind

Name: Bring Peace to the Monkey Mind
Uploaded: 2025-10-31T19:01:33+00:00
Duration: 53 s
Channel: Emmett Miller MD
Description: In this brief monologue, Dr. Emmett Miller MD explains that the "monkey mind" clings to thoughts because our conscious awareness tells us we must let go…

31 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dr. Emmett Miller MD explains that the "monkey mind" clings to thoughts because our conscious awareness tells us we must let go, yet we struggle to release attachments deeply. He illustrates the concept with a short anecdote contrasting how a normal person, a psychotic individual, and a neurotic person answer a simple math question, highlighting that neuroticism causes emotional pain even when the answer is correct. Miller concludes that neuroticism hinders our ability to let go, indicating the need to learn how to bring peace to the monkey mind.

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It's the monkey mind that becomes attached to things because we understand in our conscious mind that we have to let go of things. And when something is let go of, we need to release it from ourselves deeply. Remember that little story, the difference between a normal person and a psychotic and a neurotic? Ask a normal person, how much is 2 and 2? They say 4. You ask a psychotic and he says, "Oh, 17 or purple or Elvis Presley." You ask a neurotic and he says, "4, but it really hurts my feelings." So it's that, it's neuroticism that makes it difficult for us to let go of things that we want to let go of. That simply means we haven't learned how to bring peace to that monkey mind.