“Is this good? Is that bad? Asking these questions show that you want to be ruled and commanded by someone from outside. Ask "who am I?" to start getting guidance from inside you.” SoulSelfReligionMoralityDogmaCommandmentsSearch Author:Shunya
“Complicated situations start arising in life when you pretend to be someone you are not. The mother of all pretence is mind pretending as a soul. Mind says, "I am a soul. I am immortal but I am trapped in mortal world." The truth is that mind itself is the trap. When the soul wakes up, mind falls silent.” MindSoulSelfSpiritualityConflictAwakeningPretending Author:Shunya
“What happens after Moksha (liberation)? Moksha means free from Time. So, there is no after or before. Mind exists inside Time. It can never be free from Time, It asks such questions to keep you (soul) attached. It’s a toxic love story between you and your manipulative mind.” MindSoulSpiritualityBuddhismHinduismBuddhaMokshaHindu Author:Shunya
“In ancient India, human being were simple. They would earn with their upper body (head and hands) and spend on their lower body (food, sex, travel). To break this circle and find God, technique was simple: Do fasting, abstain from sex and sit in a cave. Now you have a thousand such circles within your head. Techniques of body don’t work on you.” MindSoulReligionSpiritualitySolitudeHinduismFastingCelibacyAsceticism Author:Shunya
“Don’t make spirituality a part of your life. Let your life be a part of spirituality.” LifeMindSoulSpiritualityBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“The network of Time and Space is like a huge metro train network. The announcements on this train network are heard directly in our head in a personalized way. A voice in our head tells us who we are, where we are coming from, and where we have to go. It just keeps us moving within this network.” MindSoulSpiritualityEnlightenment Author:Shunya
“From your birth, they started feeding you the idea that the universe has only 3 dimensions and limited resources for which you have to fight with each other. If you detach from this idea and spend some time with yourself, you will realize that there are hidden dimensions from which a soul can manifest anything for itself.” SoulWisdomSpiritualityLaw Of Attraction Author:Shunya
“One thing appears to be near you, another far away because you have the ability to perceive distance. If you lose this ability, all things, including your body, will appear to be at a single point. There will be no near or far. Similarly, if you lose ability to perceive Time, things of past, present and future will all appear to be at a single point. That point is nothingness or everythingness.” SoulSelfTimeUniverseSpaceBuddhismHinduismNothingness Author:Shunya
“To realize the Supreme Power, either analyze your mind and keep negating all your beliefs until “nothing” remains. Or love the outside world and keep accepting everything and everyone as His reflection. Either reach nothingness or reach everythingness; both are same.” SoulWholeBodyUniverseBuddhismHinduismNothingnessFraction Author:Shunya
“You and your body-mind are in a room. Somebody calls a name. Your body-mind go out of room. You (soul) have no name. Nobody is calling you. Then why are you going out with the body-mind?” SoulPhilosophySpiritualityBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“If you believe in magic, things will happen to you in magical way. If you’re logical, things will happen in logical way. Magic and Logic are two modes to play the game of life.” LifeMindSoulSpiritualityUniverseMagicLogicMiracle Author:Shunya
“There may be many tourist places in your city Tourists go inside them and explore. You see them from outside everyday. But you haven’t gone inside them and explored like a tourist. God is not far away from you. He is so near that you have created a mental distance from Him.” MindSoulGodReligionBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“In movies, they use exaggeration to stimulate your mind, Reverse is also true, When your mind is stimulated (by a sad or happy event), you start exaggerating things. Your problem is not as big as your mind makes you believe. To get real perspective, go out, take a walk. observe life around you.” LifeMindSoulSpiritualityPsychologyPerspectiveProblemsSolution Author:Shunya
“Your cook, who feeds real food to your body, lives in slums. Your politicians and celebrities, who feed controversies and drama to your mind, live in palaces. Introspect how big is the stomach of your mind & how much you’re indirectly paying to feed it.” MindSoulBodySpiritualityPoliticsSocietyBuddhismDrama Author:Shunya
“I don't know', 'Maybe', 'Perhaps' - If you have stopped using these phrases, you are imprisoned by your beliefs. You don't have beliefs. Beliefs have you.” LifeMindSoulPhilosophyGodWisdomReligionSpiritualityBuddhismZen Author:Shunya
“People don't have time to be evil. There is pettiness all around but not much evil.” LifeMindSoulPhilosophyGodWisdomReligionBuddhismZenSpirituality Vs Religion Author:Shunya
“It's like a play being enacted in a dark theater. You have brought your own torch to watch it. You should be able to walk out without feeling bad because the play is not dependent on your torch.” SoulHinduismNondualityDetachmentVedantaMaya Author:Shunya
“You are in a house of mirrors. People around you are your reflections. They look different because you look different from different angles. You are Paramatma (Supreme Soul). Don't identify yourself with a reflection which says, 'No, I am just a little human being.” SoulEnlightenmentHinduismVedantaNon DualitySupreme Soul Author:Shunya
“You are iron plated gold, running here and there to save yourself from rust. Stop identifying with the thin layer of iron; you are the gold underneath.” SoulInspirationMotivationSpiritualityInner StrengthInner Self Author:Shunya
“Like social media profile, we also have a 'thought profile' in our mind which has information about who we think we are, and how we want others to see us. Profiles are talking with each other, not real people. This all human chattering is so mechanical and tasteless that we have to add our own spice of passion and imagination to make it worth consuming.” SoulSpiritualityLife QuotesPersonalityEgoThoughtsVanityMaskProfiles Author:Shunya
“There are 3 levels to play the game of life. In 1st level, you identify yourself with a group such as family, friend circle, fan group or a group based on ideology, geography, language etc. At this level, you play against the group which is against your group. In 2nd level, your identify with a body-mind and play against or with rest of the universe. In 3rd level, you identify yourself as nothing and play with everything as a whole. Nothing and everything are same. So 3rd level is not a play. It's Samadhi.” LifeMindSoulWholeBuddhismEnlightenmentHinduismNothingness Author:Shunya
“Past troubles those who divide it into two: Waste that must be disposed off and trophies that must be showcased. Things of the past are raw material for the future. If they are dirty, wash them with acceptance. If they are too bright, dip them into grace.” LifeMindSoulPhilosophyGodWisdomReligionSpiritualityBuddhismZen Author:Shunya
“You can meditate even while chopping carrots: The metal of knife has come from Earth, carrots have come from Earth, body is nothing but refined Earth. It's all a dance of Earth and you are the eternal watcher, the soul.” SoulSpiritualityPeaceNatureMeditationMindfulnessYogaVedanta Author:Shunya
“There are people who fear XYZ. And then there are those who are obsessed with XYZ. These are two extremes. If you're on one extreme, get to know the other extreme. It will help you come to the middle where there is peace.” MindSoulSpiritualityFearBalanceObsessionMiddle Path Author:Shunya
“If a good thing is going out of your life despite all your efforts, don’t cling to it otherwise you will miss the better things coming your way. If a bad thing is staying in your life despite all your efforts, let it stay for some more time. It is probably stopping a worse thing from coming in and taking its place.” SoulSpiritualityBuddhismZenHinduismLet GoLiving In The Present Author:Shunya
“Suppose a song is playing on your phone. If you use an earphone, it will feel like the song is playing in your head. Similarly, your mind is not in your head. Mind is an invisible body which is at a distance from your physical body, but it is connected to your head through a cord. If you disturb this cord, you can have “out of the body experiences”. You can see your own body from outside you.” MindSoulSpiritualityMysteryOccult Author:Shunya
“Your body gets hungry or thirsty. Your mind says, “I know this sensation. Now body will start looking for food or water. This is normal.” If your body gets some unknown sensation. Your mind freaks out because it doesn’t know what that sensation is for. It becomes anxious and fearful. Shut your mind. Allow your body to fulfill that sensation freely. Maybe it just wants to watch the clouds or go for a walk.” MindSoulBodySpiritualityUnknown Author:Shunya
“A man called Mr. Mind died. His wife Mrs. Soul was in the process of transferring all his property papers in her name. Then she came across his death certificate. She said to her lawyer, “I want all his papers in my name and this paper also belongs to him. Transfer it in my name.” Lawyer did that. Now she was also legally dead! She could no longer claim her husband’s properties. She was absolutely nothing now. This is the last step in spiritual journey. The concept of soul has to die so that only the soul remains. The concept belongs to the mind. If you don’t let go of it, you are still attached to the mind.” MindSoulSpiritualityHinduismVedantaNon Duality Author:Shunya
“Mind is like a wild horse that either runs after something or runs away from something. You are not the mind. You are the rider sitting still.” MindSoulSpiritualityPeaceHinduismStillnessDualityVedanta Author:Shunya
“This morning, did you wake up in the same body in which you slept last night? Maybe you slept in the body of Ram and woke up in the body of Shyam. Now you think you are Shyam because you have taken up memories and everything that belongs to Shyam. Maybe you take a new body everyday. Rejoice! It's a new day and a new life!” MindSoulPhilosophySpiritualityMysteryMysticismOccult Author:Shunya
“Your mind is like a bell hanging outside a temple. It reacts to everything and gives sounds like “That is wrong” “That is right” “I like it” “I disagree.” Let it ring. Let it react. Leave it where it is and go inside the temple. Detach from the mind to enter your inner temple.” MindSoulReligionSpiritualityBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“Freewill at the level of mind is an illusion. The options you see, the thoughts you get and the option you choose is all part of hard script. The real freewill is at the soul level and you exercise it only in the moments when your soul is awake.” LifeMindSoulChoicesSpiritualityDestinyFutureKarmaFreewill Author:Shunya
“Your body is like a kite. The space around you is the turbulent sky through which it is fluttering It is going where the wind of thoughts takes it. Leave this kite here. Don’t fight with the wind either. Just descend deep inside you and find your inner ground. Get hold of the string of awareness. It’s a magical string. You just have to watch the kite “and it will get out of the turbulent sky.” MindSoulPhilosophySpiritualityAwarenessBuddhismThoughtsAwakeningHinduism Author:Shunya
“Language has it’s uses but we have started using it as quick and cheap alternative for actions: It takes a lot of effort to make someone feel that you love them. “I love you” is cheap alternative. It takes effort to create study environment at home so that children feel like studying. “Do your homework” is cheap alternative.” LoveMindSoulActionSpiritualityLanguageRelationshipsDuty Author:Shunya
“Nobody knows who you truly are. From your milkman to your spouse, everyone has a different image of you. You keep accepting, rejecting. correcting and enhancing those images. Even you don’t know who you are. You are searching for yourself.” MindSoulSpiritualityIdentityBuddhismEgoHinduismSearchSupreme Truth Author:Shunya
“5 Minutes ago you were not the same person as you are now. In the past you were some "other" person. Don't judge others. Be compassionate to others” LifeMindSoulPainSpiritualityRegretSelf LoveGuiltSelf Care Author:Shunya
“Most beautiful treasures are found by grace, not merely by seeking. But seeking is very important. Only when the Ego goes out for seeking can the treasures come in to adorn your soul.” MindSoulSpiritualityLife QuotesGraceEgoSeeking Author:Shunya
“Two people peacefully living together makes no story. To create a story, somebody good must turn bad, somebody bad must turn good. There has to be conflict, drama, emotions... Your mind's craving for stories is wounding your soul again and again.” LifeMindSoulSpiritualityHealingAwarenessAwakening Author:Shunya
“When was the last time somebody looked at you? People are just coming before your eyes and saying their dialogues. They are not looking at you. When someone really looks at you, you will feel that you exist.” LoveHeartSoulSpiritualitySoulmate Author:Shunya
“There are trillions of bacteria living in your body. As compared to planet Earth, your body is just a bacteria. As compared to the galaxy. the Earth is just a bacteria. Only the experiences are real for the soul. The matter and thoughts are just props to create the experience.” LifeSoulPhilosophySpiritualityUniverseHinduismExperiencesHindu Author:Shunya
“You have the power to sit in the present moment like the king/queen of the universe and watch the magical show being performed for you by everything and everyone, including the body-mind that you call yours.” SoulTimeSpiritualityUniverseEternityPresent MomentHinduismSupreme Soul 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
“Responding to hurt at body level (shedding tears) and mind level (churning thoughts) gives you release. You learned this response from parents, society, books, TV, movies etc. If you don’t respond to hurt at body-mind level, it will hit directly at your soul. And then soul will run towards the supreme soul. Hurt will become the purest form of prayer which gets answered instantly.” MindSoulPainHurtPrayerBuddhismHinduism 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
“Your intuition can guide you; it can't guide your alternative self that you carry to fit in with others.” MindSoulRealitySpiritualityIntuition Author:Shunya
“Normally, the dream world is the bathroom Whatever impurities you pick up in waking state get cleaned in the dreams. It’s a painful abnormality if your dreams are coming true later in reality (impurities of bathroom coming into home). Then there is a new normal when there is no distinction between home and bathroom (Reality and dreams mixing with each other).” MindSoulRealitySleepDreamsDream Interpretation Author:Shunya
“Right now you are in a scene in which the main character is reading these words. In the next moment, you may enter into some far away scene (Imagination). After sleeping, you move through many random scenes (Dreaming). So, you are not a fixed thing which enters in the body at birth and moves out at death. You are a thing which moves constantly from one scene to another, from one character to another.” SoulSelfPhilosophyRealitySpiritualityImaginationDreamsBuddhismReal Self Author:Shunya
“Stand before a mirror, ignore your reflection and try to see the whole mirror. It’s difficult. God stands before you like a huge mirror but you only see your own reflection, your own tiny world.” MindSoulGodRealitySpiritualityBuddhismIllusionHinduism Author:Shunya
“After a point you have to lose your ideas about gods to meet real gods, you have to lose spiritual knowledge to find the soul, you have to lose everything that can be lost to find that which can't be lost.” SoulWisdomRealityReligionSpiritualityKnowledge Author:Shunya
“Child of someone, friend of someone, employee of someone, lover of something and hater of something... You identify yourself always in relation to someone or something. You are like a car tethered to other cars from all directions, which in turn are tethered to other cars. Result is stress, dilemmas, conflicts.” SoulSelfRealityRelationshipIdentityEgoAwakeningSearch Author:Shunya