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157: Sun Wukong - How To Discipline Your Monkey Mind (Taoism)


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Sun Wukong - How To Discipline Your Monkey Mind (Taoism).  In this podcast, we’re going to look at how to Discipline Your Monkey Mind through the taoist philosophy of “Sun Wukong."

Sun Wukong is the legendary protagonist of the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. He is a god-tier monkey king and a warrior who can leap across the sky and shift into 72 different forms.
But unlike other mythic figures, Wukong began his journey as a mortal slave to his own impulses. He was reckless, impulsive, and his own worst enemy. His transformation from a rebellious monster into an enlightened master is a psychological blueprint for every man who feels like a victim of his own talent; the man who is ambitious but lazy, talented but distracted. Most of us live like the early Wukong. We all have an inner unruly monkey - that part of your brain that craves distraction, avoids work, and chases cheap dopamine. We have the gifts, but this monkey keeps us trapped in a cycle of aimless impulse and keeps us stuck or invisible despite our potential. The problem is that we’re fighting the world when we should be mastering that monkey. 

So here are ways to Master Your Unruly Monkey Mind through the taoist philosophy of “Sun Wukong."
01. The Discovery of Mortality
02. The Arrogance of Skill
03. The Great Humbling
04. The Diet of Molten Copper 
05. The Death of the Great Sage 
06. The Discipline of Mission
07. The Victorious Fighting Buddha 
I hope you enjoyed listening to these ways to Master Your Unruly Monkey Mind through the taoist philosophy of “Sun Wukong."

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