Meditation Quote by Mara Altman Download Open image ““By its very nature, a writer’s mind is a monkey mind — and meditation, alas, kills the monkey.”” — Mara Altman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Meditation Money Monkey mind Nature Psychology Writing
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The mind can be a crazy monkey that is always dying to escape from the moment. — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
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“No matter who you are, not everybody is going to like what you do, so as long as you’re armed with that knowledge, you’ll… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Always go into new experiences with low expectations so as to always be pleasantly surprised.” — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“artist now!” It’s more like, “We’ll see how well you do and then maybe you’ll get some royalties if you have a hit album.”… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“overpopulation problem as one good reason we should reconsider our willy-nilly tendency to procreate. That made sense. If you want to go green, but… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Obviously, when conditions are sunny and benign, any wimpy wantwit can relax and be cheerful. It’s when her house is burning down that the… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Congratulations is a societal burp that follows a positive act. When you graduate AA, you get a congratulations. When you throw back three bottles… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Oh, maybe Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen is my hero. He’s like Zorba the Buddha. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the Indian guru who I think was… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“You don’t want to suffer to prove that you’re leading an untraditional life. In fact, you don’t need to prove that at all. You… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“would hope that they would know that I’m not the same person in real life that I am on stage. It’s a whole different… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
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If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
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It's still possible to savor the remarkable foods that millennia of human ingenuity have teased from milk. A sip of milk itself or a… — Harold McGee Copy Share Image