“What is meant figuratively by ‘mindfulness’ is meant literally by ‘mindlessness’.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is by far the most supreme expression of gratefulness for being alive.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Thinking protects us against experiencing the overwhelming wonderfulness of life.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the difficult art of simply replacing thinking with experiencing.” — 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 mind is a sweetheart, when it is wondering; and a bitch, when it is wandering.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We live life passively whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Our mind cannot be freed into the present moment while we are caged by the illusion of multitasking.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
“Monkey-mind” describes an especially agitated state where attention jumps rapidly from one thing to the next, like an excited monkey. This is… — John Yates Copy Share Image
“The mind is a drama queen that gets too embarrassed to continue acting up, after only a few seconds of getting our… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Meditation is generally an alternation between the feeling of bliss and the witnessing of a thought having a problem with the having… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the "monkey mind"--the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Photography created, and then social media aggravated, the vast majority of people’s inability to enjoy what is happening … without the urge… — 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
In a way, fasting is like the "calming of the monkey mind" effected by the rosary prayer: both are means of stilling… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
I find, however, it's a much more freeing way to live. It certainly beats walking around with the "Don't you know who… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image