PEACE...WHEN THE MONKEY BECOMES A MONK

A spiritual poem by AiR

We are all seeking Happiness

When all we want is Peace

When we turn within, we will find it

And our stress and worry will cease

Peace is an inner thing

Tt is a state of Mind

If we can only be quiet

This treasure we will find

There is a Monkey within

That jumps from thought to thought

Our very own Mind is the thief

That must in our quest be caught

And so, we lose our Peace of Mind

As we fillour Mind with junk

Tfwe want to restore Peace within

We must make the Monkey a Monk

Until we stop this 'Ever Yearning'

And we stop our constant crave

We will take stress and anxiety

With us into our grave

Peace is the foundation of Happiness

Without Peace there can be no bliss

If we want to be really Happy

In our Mind we must plant this

It starts with making the Mind still

Stopping it froma burst of thoughts

Tying the Mind with a virtual rope

Tightly with many knots

We live with worry, anxiety, and stress

Right through our life

The cause may be a failing business

Ora nagging husband or wife

But the pity is life will soon be gone

And we will lose the treasure of Peace

Only worries we will carry with us

When this gift of life will cease

In ignorance we search for worldly things

Rubies, diamonds and gold

Turmoil and worry will create wrinkles

And soon we will be old

We run through life like mad men

Seeking this and that

We get lost in a world of desires

We become as blind as a bat

As long as our Mind is not still

We can never enjoy Peace

The Monkey Mind jumps here and there

From New York to Rome, and Greece

But we don't need to go anywhere

Peace ifwe want to find

All we have got to dois this

Just still the Monkey Mind

The Mind fills us with negative thoughts

Of anger, revenge and hate

It creates so much worry and stress

That we exist in a joyless state

First we must flip from NEP to PEP

From negative to positive

We must give a shampoo to the Mind

Then with Bliss and Joy we will live

We must discover the Monk within

And live like a Peaceful Soul

The challenge is to discover this

It's our life's ultimate goal

We must be Conscious, Aware, Awake

To Realize the Truth of Life

Then we will be free from all stress

Worry, Anxiety and Strife

We are not the body or the Mind

We are the Divine Soul

But the Monkey Mind and Ego together

Makes the ME pay the toll

We lose this gift of Peace of Mind

The source of joy and bliss

Because of the Monkey Mind within

This treasure of life we miss

There is away to find this Peace

We must cut the Monkey's tail

The 'Ever Yearning’ of life must stop

Otherwise, we will fail

We come with nothing, we go with nothing

Life is just a show

The Mind makes us just run and run

And then it's time to go

Instead of being in the moment with Peace

Living with bliss in the 'now'

We swing to the past and jump to the future

Like a wandering cow

We never learnt to sit still

And go within to find

The treasure of Peace that is inside

Is stolen by our Mind

And so, the secret of Peace is this

We must make the Monkey a Monk

Our Mind flooded with rotten thoughts

Must be cleared of the junk

The Mind seems intoxicated

With all that it has drunk

How will we ever find Peace

Until we make it a Monk

So, let us start anew journey

To discover the treasure of Peace

Then worry, stress, and anxiety

In life will completely cease

We will reach that state of bliss

Of Peace and tranquillity

If we stop the Monkey Mind

Jumping from tree to tree

Our ultimate goal is Eternal Peace

Purification that leads to ilumination

And then, Realization of the Truth

That will lead to Divine Unification

The treasure of Peace belongs to us

But it is stolen by the Mind

Until we control the Monkey within

This treasure we will never find

Peace of Mind will bloom in us

When the Monkey becomes a Monk

When we escape from worry and stress

And anxiety in which we are sunk

And so, if you want to be happy, my friend

First, Peace you must find

You cannot enjoy joy and bliss

Until you still your Mind

You can experience Peace of Mind

But for this you must be a Monk

If you want pure tranquillity

Get rid of your Mind's junk

And when you cut the Monkey's tail

Stop it Yearning this and that

You will discover the Monk within

And Peace within your hat

Peace is a gift to all of us

If a Monk we learn to be

But we live with stress and anxiety

Because of the Mind Monkey

If we resolve to live like a Monk

Controlling the Monkey Mind

Peace and tranquillity, bliss and joy

Every moment we will find