“Suppose something is written on a blackboard. If you omit some parts and add some parts, you can turn it into anything. That's how mind of Venus-affected people work. Their mind omits and adds things so that they see what they want to see and not what is really out there.” SpiritualityPsychologyAstrologyVenusBorderline Personality DisorderPersonality Disorders Author:Shunya
“If you're feeling messy, you're going to give birth to something beautiful.” LifePhilosophyWisdomSpiritualityPsychologyMood Swings Author:Shunya
“If you want to help a guilt-ridden person, don’t act holy and pure around them. Everyone has a dark side, Be true, Be vulnerable. Be normal. Be human.” SpiritualityPsychologyGuiltPurityHolinessHelpDark Side Author:Shunya
“Pick any person in the world and know them closely. You will discover their sad story. Everyone feels victimized in some way or the other. We all are victims of a collective illusion but we keep pointing fingers at each other.” LifePhilosophyPainPsychologyHinduismVictimhood Author:Shunya
“Anyone who controls your time affects your energies. Reply to people in your own free time if you don't want to be affected by their energy.” SpiritualityPsychologyEnergy HealingPhone AddictionEnergy Psychology Author:Shunya
“Grow old gracefully. Drop your desires when you lose ability to fulfill them. Otherwise you will try to fulfill them through others; You will become controlling, compulsive, manipulative, noisy and downright disgraceful.” SpiritualityPsychologyOld AgeManipulationDesiresControllingCompulsiveness Author:Shunya
“Human psychology is that anything you do in a group feels right. People as a group can kill someone and call it religious because it feels right to them. Religion and righteousness are not the same thing. Religion is about going beyond right and wrong and seeing things as they are without any prejudices and judgements.” ReligionPsychologyCultPrejudicesGroupGroup Mentality Author:Shunya
“Tendency of your mind is to remember those who have hurt you. Flip the mind, nurture the soul: Remember those who have been nice to you.” MindSoulPainSpiritualPeaceHurtPsychology Author:Shunya
“If you are arguing with somebody, the root of that argument lies in an inner wound that person gave you. You can’t show that wound because of the fear of being judged or labelled. So, you create an outer wound at some small thing and start arguing in the hope of rubbing some ice to your inner wound. This leads to more wounds - inner and outer.” LoveMindSoulPainPeaceRelationshipsHurtPsychology Author:Shunya
“Nobody can understand your pain, Even your future self will not understand the pain you are going through in the present. The memory of pain or description of pain is like a painful movie scene while the pain in the present is hard reality.” LifeRealityPainPastSpiritualityPsychologyBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“Come, O darkness, come! Swallow all the shadows I have been chasing all my life. I want to meet my true self at the break of dawn.” MindTruthDarknessPsychology Author:Shunya
“When it's dark and you are alone, you start humming or create some other distraction to avoid fear. Who creates fear and then offers distraction? Us Both are done by your mind to stop you from meeting your true self. Mind plays both side of the game.” MindWisdomTruthSpiritualityFearDarknessPsychologyBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“Turn off the sound and watch a slap scene in a movie. Even if the gap between hand and check remains one feet, sound effect makes you feel that slap is real. When the picture is incomplete, your mind fills in your own colours in the gaps. If you are madly in love with someone, you will believe their most absurd lies. If you hate someone, you won’t even believe absolute truths told by them.” LoveMindTruthHateSpiritualityPsychologyBuddhismLiesHinduism Author:Shunya
“When a fruit becomes ripe and separates from the tree, that is a proper ending of relationship. But human relationships rarely have such ending. That’s why there is always an urge to re-start the relationship, just to have a proper ending.” LoveMindHateRelationshipsPsychologyHeartbreakBreak Up Author:Shunya
“You have to decide whether you want the truth or sense of belongingness. If you want truth, you have to be alone and dive into yourself no matter how scary it feels. If you want sense of belongingness, it doesn't matter from where you get it: a spiritual group or a kitty group or fan group of a celebrity.” PhilosophyWisdomTruthPeacePsychologyCultOrthodoxy Author:Shunya
“You don't have to read these words. You can see them as just random patterns of white colour on black background. Similarly, you don't have to engage with the thoughts. You can see them as random patterns of energy in Time and Space.” LifeWisdomPeacePsychologyAnxietyThoughtsStress 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“A relationship in itself is a living being. A cat doesn't live as long as a tortoise. The utopian idea that all relationships should last a human lifetime has created so much mental pain and sickness in society.” RelationshipsMarriagePsychologyHeartbreakMental Health Author:Shunya
“When a wound stays too long on your psyche, it becomes an integral part of your identity. Then you want to get rid of the pain but not the wound. Such a wound allows you to play victim and gain sympathy but deprives you of healthy forms of love. It allows you to outrage and feel powerful but deprives you of real power.” PainSpiritualityPsychologyFeminismMental HealthTraumaActivism Author:Shunya