The Lesson of the Puppy Dog

How do you teach a puppy dog
Not to wet in the house?

When you think the puppy has "to go,"
You put the puppy on a newspaper
So it will "go" there.

When the puppy is on the newspaper
Does the puppy sit quietly?
Of course not.
The puppy squiggles away,
Because squiggling is the nature of puppy.

No matter how much you may want
The puppy to stay on the newspaper,
It will always squiggle away,
Because squiggling is the nature of puppy.

When the puppy squiggles away,
You pick it up and put it back on the newspaper.
And when it squiggles away again,
You pick it up and put it back on the newspaper.

If you get frustrated when it squiggles off the newspaper
And yell at or hit the puppy
You may frighten it into not moving,
But you will not change the nature of puppy.

And so it is with your mind while Anchoring.
It is the nature of mind to wander.
When it does, you bring your attention
Back to your Anchor-place
Just like bringing the puppy back on the newspaper.

If you get frustrated because your mind wanders,
You can get angry with yourself
And even call yourself bad names.
You may succeed in feeling bad about yourself,
But you will not change the nature of mind.

 


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The Lesson of the Puppy Dog

How do you teach a puppy dog
Not to wet in the house?

When you think the puppy has "to go,"
You put the puppy on a newspaper
So it will "go" there.

When the puppy is on the newspaper
Does the puppy sit quietly?
Of course not.
The puppy squiggles away,
Because squiggling is the nature of puppy.

No matter how much you may want
The puppy to stay on the newspaper,
It will always squiggle away,
Because squiggling is the nature of puppy.

When the puppy squiggles away,
You pick it up and put it back on the newspaper.
And when it squiggles away again,
You pick it up and put it back on the newspaper.

If you get frustrated when it squiggles off the newspaper
And yell at or hit the puppy
You may frighten it into not moving,
But you will not change the nature of puppy.

And so it is with your mind while Anchoring.
It is the nature of mind to wander.
When it does, you bring your attention
Back to your Anchor-place
Just like bringing the puppy back on the newspaper.

If you get frustrated because your mind wanders,
You can get angry with yourself
And even call yourself bad names.
You may succeed in feeling bad about yourself,
But you will not change the nature of mind.