“monkey mind, where your mind jumps from one thought to another, just like a monkey jumping from one branch to another.” — Sarah Rowland Copy Share Image
“We can realize, not that our mind is wandering, but that it was.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“in the heart’s rain in the eye’s fog in the winter’s smoky snow in whirling snow in storms wind which wants to… — Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Copy Share Image
“The average person wastes his life. He has a great deal of energy but he wastes it. The life of an average… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“We live life passively whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I recommend learning how to come into the presence of stillness and vastness. Learn any form of meditation. Spend twenty minutes every… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“Shut up, she tells her monkey mind. Please shut up, you picker of nits, presser of bruises, counter of losses, fearer of… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
“If we can unify the apparent duality between the great uncontrollable energy and the natural wisdom of our monkey mind, if we… — Oeset Drakir Copy Share Image
“By its very nature, a writer’s mind is a monkey mind — and meditation, alas, kills the monkey.” — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“We are happy by nature, and our happiness is interrupted by thoughts.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The always-connected culture isn't as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“Teach him to call it ‘real-life and don’t let him ask what he means by ‘real’. (...) Never having been human (...)… — Clive Staples Lewis Copy Share Image
“First, contrary to popular belief, Buddhists can actually be very anxious people. That’s often why they become Buddhists in the first place.… — Daniel B. Smith Copy Share Image
Evolution is fundamentally creative, and when we align ourselves with the evolutionary movements of consciousness, the universe itself puts wind in our… — Amit Goswami Copy Share Image
My yoga practice, I do it because when I get on my mat, I know I'm going to be transformed. I know… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
“Thinking protects us against experiencing the overwhelming wonderfulness of life.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Your real nature is to move at your own pace but your conscious mind and all its conditioning is constantly racing around… — Oli Anderson Copy Share Image
“We invite mindfulness when the doing is, or is at least treated as, the desired result.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“What is meant figuratively by ‘mindfulness’ is meant literally by ‘mindlessness’.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“The monkey mind is constantly generating thoughts, which may appear as images, sounds, fragments, judgments, or memories. Sometimes, these thoughts pass through… — Carmel Sheridan Copy Share Image
