“You have no idea how much violence you are doing to yourself in trying to prove yourself to others.” SpiritualityPeaceSelf LoveInner Peace Author:Shunya
“A glass of water is holding water. But empty glass is not holding emptiness. Neither emptiness is holding the glass. Both are free and yet they are into each other. This is divine love. No attachment, only pure love.” LoveRomanceSpiritualityPeaceAwakeningDivine LoveDetachment Author:Shunya
“The ancients used to go to jungle to do Sadhana i.e. to face hardships, danger and uncertainly with nothing but faith. Now people want to escape to jungle for peace. If you want to do Sadhana, society is the new jungle. All kinds of animals are roaming here in human clothes.” PeaceSocietyBuddhismEnlightenmentHinduismAsceticism Author:Shunya
“Your mind's hunger is many times more than body's hunger. Do fasting of mind. On the day of fast, don't consume any content through TV and internet. Instead feel the air around you, hear all the subtle sounds coming to you, observe the life throbbing in your body and so on.” MindSpiritualityPeaceMeditationInternetMindfulnessInner Peace Author:Shunya
“How long will you keep fighting the mud? Grow out of it like a lotus.” PeaceGrowthSocietyActivismSpiritual DevelopmentNuisance Author:Shunya
“Where there are people, there is a drama, a story, a circus. It doesn't matter if they are in a corporate office or a spiritual group.” PeopleLifePhilosophySpiritualityPeaceSolitude Author:Shunya
“Anything that occupies your mind is your occupation. For some people quarreling is an occupation. They fear losing it more than a job-goer fears losing job. Because emptiness of mind is scarier than emptiness of stomach.” SpiritualityPeaceRelationshipsSilencePsychologyBuddhismSolitudeMental HealthZenNoise Author:Shunya
“You were born as a butterfly in the cobweb of society. This cobweb converts butterflies into spiders. Those who don't get converted feel stuck in it.” SpiritualityPeaceFreedomSocietySolitudeRat Race Author:Shunya
“How satisfying it is to see a chef at work! Adding a bit of this, bit of that! If you do all little things with full awareness, you will also feel like a chef enjoying the process of cooking.” SpiritualityPeaceAwarenessBuddhismMindfulnessZen Author:Shunya
“Cooking and cleaning in your 'own' home feels like a burden . Doing the same in a spiritual organization gives you joy. That is the curse of ownership. As soon as you think that you own something, it becomes a burden.” JoyPeacePsychologyServiceVolunteering Author:Shunya
“You don't react to the sounds coming from waves of water. Then why do you react to the sounds coming from waves of five elements (human beings)?” SpiritualityPeacePerspectiveBuddhismAngerZenHinduism Author:Shunya
“Service is all about compassion and healing. Activism is all about glorifying the wounds and keeping them unhealed.” SpiritualityPeaceActivismServiceActivistShunya Author:Shunya
“There are some very ancient souls stuck here. In their previous births, they have been everything other people are trying to be. In this birth, they can't figure out what they should do. Their interests change everyday. Or nothing interests them at all. Only a life of solitude can give them stability.” PeaceSolitudePsychologicalStabilityErratic Author:Shunya
“All good warriors are seekers of truth. They want to live in a peaceful corner. But war comes to them wherever they go. Since they are blessed with the power of destruction, people keep coming to them to get destructed.” WarSpiritualityPeacePsychologyDestructionAnger Author:Shunya
“Why there is so much violence and suffering in the world? This question burns in the hearts of all kind and peace loving people. But most people satisfy themselves with the readymade answers given by opinion makers, social activists, Karma theorists and so on. Prince Siddhartha Gautama went deeper to find answers and found the absolute truth.” SufferingPeaceViolenceBuddhismSocial JusticeMiseryActivismHinduism Author:Shunya
“Spiritual experiences happen at soul level and they're very positive and powerful. When similar experiences happen at mind level, they are called mental sickness because they're very negative and harmful.” MindSoulSpiritualityPeaceMental IllnessTantraMantra Author:Shunya
“I wish I could communicate with you. But your mind stands like a wall between us. Once I melt this wall with my words, we will communicate in silence for eternity.” MindSoulSpiritualityPeacePsychologyEternityMental HealthDivine Love Author:Shunya
“For the body, mind is that annoying boss who just never shuts up. He will shut up only when his boss, the soul, awakens and gives him a silent look.” SoulBodySpiritualityPeaceAwakeningBliss Author:Shunya
“The one who is looking for peace is not your soul, it's your mind acting like a soul. Mind plays dual game. It creates noise in the present and wants peace in future. That future never comes.” MindSoulPeacePsychologyLive In The Moment Author:Shunya
“You were a bare rock. Someone hammered and took a piece out of you. You can either cry about it or let me chisel some more pieces out of you and sculpt you into a divine form.” SpiritualityPeaceRelationshipsHeartbreak Author:Shunya
“Don't try to impose silence and peace on your mind. Such a silence and peace will be momentary and superficial. When you jump from the boat of mind, you will fall in the depths of eternal peace and silence.” MindPhilosophyPeaceSilenceEternity Author:Shunya
“Everything happening inside and outside you is part of the spiritual process that will ultimately transform you.” LifePainSpiritualityPeaceAnxietyTransformation Author:Shunya
“You see someone and think, 'What a perfect life they have." But that's your perspective. From their perspective, their life is a mess and someone else's life is perfect. So everybody is running. What a goddamn circus!” LifeWisdomTruthSpiritualityPeaceCircusRat Race Author:Shunya
“Body-mind seems like a movie character and life becomes enjoyable like a movie when you (soul) slightly detach from body-mind. That detachment can't be forced. It happens like a ripe fruit detaching from tree. To become ripe, surrender and let the universe take you through certain life experiences.” PeaceBuddhismEnlightenmentAwakeningHinduismVedanta Author:Shunya
“When you see something, your mind rushes to put labels on it: table, chair, good, bad etc. Sacred space is a space where your mind doesn't feel need to label anything. It relaxes, allowing you to go inward. That space can be sea shore, forest, mountain, beloved's arms or a temple. For awakened ones, every inch is sacred.” ReligionPeaceBuddhismSacredHinduismTemple Author:Shunya
“The ocean wants to remain calm and peaceful. But the moon causes tides on its surface. Should He go and fight the moon? Or He should dwell deep within itself where He is always calm?” SpiritualityPeaceEnlightenmentCalmInner Self Author:Shunya
“If this happens in my life, I will live happily thereafter.' No. This will give happiness only for a few days. Then things will be same again and you will pin your hopes of happiness on something else. Learn to live the present moment.” LifeHappinessPeaceIllusionBlissLiving In The Present Author:Shunya
“Problem is not the problem. Problem is that you have problem with the problem. Do what you can do to solve a problem but don't be obsessed with it. It shall pass.” LifeMindProblemLife LessonsPeacePsychologyDepressionAnxiety Author:Shunya
“Yogic gestures or Mudras create very subtle ripples in your body. You can't feel them if there is already a storm going on in your body-mind.” PeaceHealingYogaHinduismTantraHatha YogaMudra Author:Shunya
“The so-called bad people have a crucial role to play in your spiritual journey. If you keep complaining why there is evil in the world, you are refusing to move forward in your journey. Forgive, detach and move forward. The supreme power is waiting for you on top of the mountain of awareness.” PhilosophySpiritualityEvilPeaceForgivenessGood Author:Shunya
“When you're in a car, you remain still while the car moves. Similarly, when body-mind are working to reach some goal, your inner self should be still and peaceful in the present.” LifeWisdomMotivationalLife LessonsPeaceStillness Author:Shunya
“If you take spirituality/religion as a classroom, the syllabus is infinite. There is no end to symbolism, concepts, explanations, definitions. But you have to let go of all this if you wish to experience that which can't be symbolized, conceptualized, explained or defined.” SpiritualityPeaceBuddhismOnenessHinduism Author:Shunya
“Cooking food creates some waste in kitchen. Eating it creates waste in body. Every action in life creates waste. Keep disposing it off. Holding onto it will make you sick.” LifeWisdomLife LessonsPeaceRelationships Author:Shunya
“Suppose there is a very hungry and weak dog. And then there is a healthy dog. If you go to feed them, which one is more likely to bite you? The hungry and weak one. Those who bark and bite you are actually in dire need of help. Don't curse them further. They are already cursed.” LifeWisdomPeaceCriticismCriticsHelp Author:Shunya
“If God comes and sits silently in the middle of a village, will all people go and merge with Him? No. Different people will have different opinions about Him. God is right before you. When you get tired of the circus created by your mind, you will get automatically pulled towards Him.” GodPeaceSilenceNothingness Author:Shunya
“If everything bounces back from the surface of your head, how will anything reach your soul? Be less reactive and more receptive. Be a little more feminine. Surrender and let things penetrate your being.” PeacePsychologyMental IllnessFeminineReceptiveReaction Author:Shunya
“Fire, Earth, Air, Water -- one or more of these elements may make you restless. You need to spend them properly to find peace. To spend fire, burn outdated structures, taboos and so on. To spend Earth, build a structure, a good habit and so on. Spend air through creativity, spend water through serving and healing people.” MindPeacePsychologyTraditionCharityRebellionFive ElementsTaboo Breaking Author:Shunya
“Human beings are deep asleep. Nature is awake. Go and talk to her. She knows you.” PeaceNatureAwakeningInner Peace Author:Shunya
“Conviction and clarity are opposite. When your soul is fully asleep, you've full conviction of mind. When your soul is fully awakened, you've full clarity of mind. In-between you've dilemma.” SpiritualityPeaceConvictionClarityDilemma Author:Shunya
“Look back at your life. It's like a river. It has made its path till now. It will make its path in future also. Don't fear. Keep flowing.” LifeInspirationalMotivationalTruthFearPeaceBuddhism Author:Shunya
“People often think, "The day I become free from everything, I will take the spiritual path." That day never comes in their life. First take the spiritual path. Then and only then you will become free from everything one by one.” SpiritualityPeaceFreedomHinduismNirvanaBondages Author:Shunya
“A princess liked the sour taste of raw mangoes. She was very happy to find a tree laden with raw mangoes. But soon mangoes became ripe. She became very sad. She started blaming the tree and the gods for her sorrow.” GodReligionSpiritualityPeaceInner Peace Author:Shunya
“Displace app icons on your phone. Change your browser. You will realize how you are being compulsively drawn to some websites and apps. People before phones were not saints either. Phone is just an extension of mind. It's the mind which is controlling you (soul) .” MindSoulPhilosophySpiritualityPeacePsychology Author:Shunya
“The villains in your life are shadows of your own psyche. If you are trying to chase away your shadow, you are moving away from light.” LifePhilosophyWisdomSpiritualityPeacePsychology Author:Shunya
“You watch cute dog videos today. Tomorrow you discover videos of injured animals. Then you discover videos on animal cruelty. Then you get angry. Then you start seeing cruelty everywhere. News and incidents of cruelty reach you before anyone else. You start going deeper and deeper into an endless spiral.” LifePeaceCompassionKindnessSocietyActivismInner PeaceCruelty Author:Shunya