TY - BOOK AU - De la Rosa,Ralph TI - The monkey is the messenger: meditation and what your busy mind is trying to tell you SN - 9781611805840 PY - 2018/// CY - Boulder PB - Shambhala KW - Meditation KW - Buddhism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261); Body the monkey is a mediator -- Taking responsibility for your own happiness -- The magnificent mismatch -- Befriending the body in meditation -- Evolving the monkey's motivations -- Mind a monkey molded by model scenes -- The body of breath -- Our monkeys, ourselves -- How you breathe is how you feel -- The stories we tell ourselves -- How we get stuck : trauma and the unconscious mind -- How we get stuck -- Heart the monkey's ultimate message -- The challenge of self-love -- The monkey is a mensch -- Love : level 10 -- The gifts of difficulty -- The family within -- Working with the inner critic and other harsh inner voices -- Putting it all together : integrating Buddhist meditation with parts work ER -