“If the attempt to get rid of something is leading you towards more darkness, that thing has become your shadow. Just accept it. First it will stop bothering you, then it will stop affecting you, then it will stop existing for you.” LifeSpiritualityBuddhismIndifferenceAttachmentHinduism Author:Shunya
“Trust has to be absolute. If you trust as per convenience, it's not trust at all. For example, If your flight gets delayed, don't call it your bad luck. Trust that it's for your own good.” FaithFreedomDoubtTrustDuality Author:Shunya
“People summon divine energy through love and trust but waste it immediately in hate and doubt. A devotee is someone who slowly cuts this wastage to zero.” ReligionFaithTrustDevotionHinduismHanumanLord Rama Author:Shunya
“If you are unable to take a decision based on the data available to you, add faith into the equation. Have faith in the higher power that has guided your life till now. And then try to take the decision.” GodReligionFaithTrustDilemma Author:Shunya
“It’s very lonely and sad feeling when you are the Big Box in a relationship. You can fit them but they can’t fit you. You can understand them but they can’t understand you. The ideal relationship is when one box is just slightly bigger than the other so that they fit like a glove fits in a hand. Then there is no room for insecurities and misunderstandings. Such a match doesn’t come ready-made. Both sides have to surrender to each other to fit into each other.” LifeRelationshipsTrustSurrenderMisunderstanding Author:Shunya
“Not just on body, we wear clothes on our mind too. Opinions and prejudices are like tightly stitched clothes. It’s OK if you wear them while dealing with the outside world. That too is not suggested for seekers. Faith and trust are like comfortable unstitched clothes. You must wear them inside home with loved ones.” LifeFaithPeaceRelationshipsTrustOpinionsJudgements Author:Shunya
“If the flowing water is feminine and the shores are the masculine, a river represents the best relationship. The water flows with grace and dignity held securely by the proud shores.” LoveRelationshipsTrustFeminineMasculine Author:Shunya
“Your entire being is like a tree. Your family and friends only touch specific parts of it - mostly the fruits, maybe some branches. A large part of you remains untouched. You feel like a machine, you feel dead inside. You shout, snap, and sulk at random things, or silently suffer. How to tell them that you want your entire being acknowledged? Or maybe you yourself have forgotten your entire being. That’s why you need a person or a deity, a mortal or immortal, who is like air, who doesn’t want anything specific from you, who touches every inch of your being, who makes you feel alive.” LoveReligionFaithSpiritualityRelationshipsTrustDevotion Author:Shunya
“A mysterious stair was discovered in a village. Some curious people went up the stairs but never returned. Villagers concluded that monsters are sitting up there devouring anybody who climbs up. In fact, it was a stair to heaven. Nobody wanted to return from there. When one or two people returned and told the truth, villagers called them agents of monsters who were trying to lure the villagers in the name of heaven. Your mind is a powerful machine. It can serve your doubts as well as your faith. It’s up to you how you use it.” ReligionFaithBeliefTrustHinduismPrejudices Author:Shunya
“Human mind also has teeth and digestive system. Most people use just teeth. They react immediately to everything. They don't digest. Teeth can only chew things. To extract nutrients, you need to swallow and digest.” KnowledgeTrustExtremismPrejudicesBelief System Author:Shunya
“When you see ads again and again, the brand becomes familiar to you. Familiarity makes you think that you know about the content too. Actually we don't know much about anyone. We just see things and people again and again and become familiar with them. It creates the illusion that we know them.” PhilosophySpiritualityKnowingPsychologyTrustIllusionFamiliarity Author:Shunya
“If you trust the universe, you can't distrust yourself because you are a part of the universe.” GodReligionFaithSpiritualityUniverseTrustSelf LoveSelf Belief Author:Shunya
“The God said, "One of the first things you did as a baby was to grab someone’s finger. That is your outward tendency. You can hold things that are outside you but I am inside you. You just have to trust and allow me to hold you.” GodReligionFaithTrustInner SelfInner World Author:Shunya
“If you trust the universe as a whole, you will feel secure. If you trust just a part of the universe (a person or a thing), doubt will come along with it. The duality of trust and doubt will make you insecure.” FaithSpiritualityUniverseDoubtTrustDuality Author:Shunya
“A king often saw a white pigeon visiting his garden. It would fly away whenever he tried to approach it. He won its trust after great efforts and brought it to his palace. Soon after everything started going wrong in his life. He never doubted the pigeon for this. In fact he would cry before it and say, "You are the only good thing remaining in my life." How could he doubt someone whose trust he had won with great efforts?” MindSpiritualityPsychologyTrustBuddhism Author:Shunya
“Whether it’s your relationship with your spouse or Guru or God, trust is the root. It can only be watered by spending silent time together. Talking is like watering the leaves. When trust dries up, everything you say will be misunderstood and all the sweet talks you have had in the past will only cause pain and tears. They can’t build or rebuild trust.” RelationshipsSilenceTrustConversations Author:Shunya
“There is a knock at the door. She feels a fear because opening the door makes her vulnerable. It could be a god or a devil, She is about to open the door but decides against it. She puts a double lock instead. Fear goes away. She feels relieved. Her mind rationalizes, “Phew! Fear proves that it was devil.” Fear comes from vulnerability of opening the door. It doesn’t tell who is at the door: a god or devil.” MindFearTrustRationalization Author:Shunya
“We keep clinging to unworthy and painful things just because we have invested our time and energy in them. Your time and energy is safely deposited in your Karmic account. Trust the universe and let go. Clear the space for things that you truly deserve.” LifeSpiritualityUniverseTrustLetting GoKarmaLaw Of Attraction Author:Shunya
“When there is full trust, communication is not required. And when there is no trust, communication is not possible. But we human beings can't live without communication. So we choose middle path. We get attracted towards people we can communicate with.” LoveLifeRelationshipsTrustCommunicationAttractionMiddle Path Author:Shunya
“When we catch someone lying, it becomes a pandemic like situation. Our mind starts sanitising every word and action coming from them.” TruthRelationshipsTrustPandemicLie Author:Shunya
“In relationships, we first want to be understood and then we want to be discovered one layer at a time till eternity.” LoveLifeUnderstandingRelationshipsTrustSelf DiscoverySpirituality Quotes Author:Shunya
“Hope and fear conspire with each other to keep you running here and there whole life. Trust your inner lamp which shows you what you should be doing in the present. It will get you out of suffering very soon.” LifePurposeSpiritualityHopeFearTrustPresentHere And NowDirection Author:Shunya
“If it's not in your hand, it doesn't need to be in your hand. It's being taken care of in ways that your mind can't comprehend.” LifeWisdomReligionFaithUniverseTrustFutureAnxiety Author:Shunya
“Like you trust a doctor to treat you or your loved ones, trust the universe. There are energies that can take care of your things and people better than you can.” FaithUniverseTrustLoved OnesHigher PowerEnergies Author:Shunya
“Things go wrong with those who trust everyone except their own instincts, and with those who doubt everything except their own doubter mind.” LifeWisdomSpiritualityDoubtTrustHinduism Author:Shunya
“If somebody has a false belief, you can’t deliver them the truth unless they fully trust in you. More you try to hammer the truth at them, more they will defend and strengthen their false belief.” MindTruthReligionSpiritualityBeliefPsychologyTrustDogma Author:Shunya
“When black and white fight with each other, they both turn grey if spiritual awareness is not on either side. Then they both claim to be white and become an ugly shade of grey that is not found anywhere in nature except in human mind.” PhilosophyEvilAwarenessGoodnessWrongRightVirtues Author:Shunya
“When two sides are accusing each other, it's very difficult to figure out the reality. Because reality is different for everyone. The difference is not just in mind. Things actually look different to different people. Two or more people can align or sync their realities if they trust each other. When trust is gone, their realities again become different. This is Samsara.” LifeWisdomBuddhismConflictWrongFightHinduismRightDualityAccusations Author:Shunya
“Every situation is unique. So there can't be a standard definition of right and wrong. But deep down every soul knows what is right. We use reasoning to avoid our own soul.” PhilosophyReligionSpiritualityDoctrineWrongDogmaRightBeliefsVirtues Author:Shunya
“Things are complicated. Don’t judge someone as good or bad. If you have already judged, don’t waste your energy in trying to prove that your judgement is right.” PhilosophyJudgingWrongRightOpinionsJudging Others Author:Shunya
“No matter on which path you are, keep walking. Even wrong paths can lead you to right path if you keep walking. You get stuck when you become a security guard of a path.” SuccessReligionSpiritualityPathWrongRightOrthodoxy Author:Shunya
“All sorts of people are doing all sorts of things all over the world. They all are right as per their own definition of right and wrong.” LifePhilosophyReligionBeliefWrongRight Author:Shunya
“You become free and fearless when you realize that all are equally clueless about life, be it old or young, rich or poor, king or servant, educated or uneducated...” LifeWisdomSpiritualityCourageConfidenceFearlessnessShunya Author:Shunya
“A seeker must have courage and discipline both. it's hard to find both these traits in one person. Those who have courage go reckless. Those who have discipline become bookish and reluctant to explore new things.” SpiritualityCourageDisciplineExplorationSeeker Author:Shunya
“Inside you, there is an Eagle (courage to face the unknown) and a Serpent (knowledge). Both should grow equally. If the Eagle grows more, you become a wandering ascetic. If the Serpent grows more, you become a philosopher. When they grow equally, one day the Eagle flies away with the Serpent. Then only the Enlightened being remains for whom there is nothing known or unknown.” PhilosophyKnowledgeCourageEnlightenmentMysticismAsceticism Author:Shunya
“The Tick-tock of a clock is very uniform and precise, but there is no music in it. You must add some randomness and chaos to create music in life.” CourageDisciplineChaosCalmness Author:Shunya
“Being with your own self initially feels like sitting alone in a movie hall. You get scared and run back to the crowd of thoughts. Once you overcome the fear, everything settles down in life by itself.” MindFearCourageLonelinessSelf LoveSolitudeThoughtsAloneness Author:Shunya
“Pride and shame both are clothes. Lions wear no clothes. They are neither proud nor ashamed of who they are. That's why they look powerful. Pride shows weakness, not strength.” CharacterSpiritualityCommunityStrengthPrideShameDuality Author:Shunya
“If you are in a prison, either break out of it at all costs or accept it without complaints. Both options need immense strength and both will set you free. But if you are just sitting and complaining about it, you are reinforcing it.” LifeFreedomStrengthKarmaCompulsionBandage Author:Shunya
“Mentally strong people are like a dam on a river. Life keeps on overwhelming them with burdens. If you're tired of being a dam, just let go! Water will find its way.” LifeStrengthBuddhismBurdenReliefProblemsHinduismLet Go Author:Shunya
“Are you broken? Good. Now fall apart completely. You will realize that what has fallen apart is not you. It's just a thin external coating that hides your pure, eternal and ever-shining being.” PainEgoHeartbreakEternityIdentity CrisisExistential Crisis Author:Shunya
“You say you're madly in love with me. Yes, I can see the madness but no love. You don't love me. You're madly attached to a fantasized version of me that you've created in your head. You don't talk to me. You talk to your fantasies.” ReligionSpiritualityHeartbreakFantasiesOne Sided LoveMad Love Author:Shunya
“When you run away from painful emotions, you run into stormy thoughts. Then you run back to painful emotions. It becomes a loop. Stay with the painful emotions. Swallow them no matter how bitter they are.” LovePainRelationshipHeartbreakThoughtsEmotionsEmotional Pain Author:Shunya
“When you're glued to someone with a strong adhesive, you can't just let go of them. You have to let go of your skin, your flesh, a part of your heart and soul. It's extremely painful but equally sacred because spiritual journey is all about letting go of yourself piece by piece, layer by layer.” LoveSpiritualityRelationshipsLetting GoHeartbreakAttachment Author:Shunya
“If you're feeling depressed or anxious, throw away your phone, get out of the room, and lie down on your back under the open sky. Not on a mat. Disappear in grass, collapse on stone or shatter in soil. Withdraw from the human circus and merge back with the universe.” LifePainWorryPsychologyDepressionAnxietyHeartbreak Author:Shunya
“You were like raw gold. Somebody threw you into fire. You are molten gold now. You are in the middle of transformation. Come to me. I will cast you into a beautiful shape. That is the only way to forget the one who threw you into fire.” SpiritualityHeartbreakTransformationHinduism Author:Shunya
“How can I move on? With my thoughts and imaginations, I have turned you into a demigod. You're no longer a person; You're an idol in the temple of my heart. No, it can't be a move on. It has to be a sacrilege.” LoveRelationshipsHeartbreak Author:Shunya
“Crying is sacred. When you break down and cry, your mind loosens its grip on the soul. (Mind's grip on the soul is root cause of all misery).” MindSoulHeartbreakMiseryCryingWeepingVedanta Author:Shunya
“If all your emotional issues get resolved, what will happen to the entertainment industry? How will they engage you? You won't be able to relate to any story. Whole industry runs on your issues.” SpiritualityIssuesPsychologyDramaHeartbreakEmotionsShunya Author:Shunya