“Not being in the present moment is no less foolish than looking forward to the past.”
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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
“The mind is a sweetheart, when it is wondering; and a bitch, when it is wandering.”
“Using unbreakable cups robs us of yet another incentive to be mindful.”
“The emotions we feel, and the desires and thoughts we have, are as ours as the sounds we hear.”
“All we can really do is nothing but be aware. In fact, we are nothing but awareness.”
“Realizing that God or Nature did not give you free will will free you.”
“Unlike happiness, unhappiness cannot happen without the presence of an ego.”
“Society mainly uses the concept of self to make the individual less unpredictable.”
“We nonverbally say that we do not want to be where we are by not walking slowly.”
“Meditation can make an hour feel slightly longer … than a sneeze.”
“Some people are a degree of impatience away from wishing a year were only a few weeks long.”
“One of the best ways to start being impatient is to stop meditating.”
“A thing or situation is often worsened by the attempt to improve it.”
“We prefer our way into things such as regret, unhappiness, and anxiety.”
“To think is to dilute the sweetness of life; or, worse, to make it bitter.”
“The unfolding of life is best enjoyed when the mind’s arms are folded.”
“Mindfulness is the art of experiencing the nonexistence of the past and the future.”
“Like the past, the future is merely an idea; a mere thought.”
“The illusion of time deceives us into thinking that life is going somewhere.”
“Truly paying attention to something or someone makes it or them seem as big as the universe.”
“Time is an illusion we suffer from whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.”
“The present moment is as old as existence … and as long as eternity.”
“We have always been, and will forever be, stood up by the future.”
“The present moment is all that reality was, is, and will forever be made of.”
“Reality is stationary, but is given the illusion of movement by our memory.”
“Time is merely an idea that we use to fill the gap between how things are and how they were.”
“Like spirituality, insanity frees us from the addiction to happiness.”