“Suppose you have a question. You go to google. You get answer. It triggers another question. And it goes on and on. You start spending entire time on Google. You forget that there are many apps beyond google. It happens to many seekers. They abuse the functionality of questioning. They question everything except the phenomenon of questioning itself.” MindTruthSpiritualityPsychologyMental HealthSeekingDeepQuestionsAnswer Author:Shunya
“Mirrors show exact reflection of you. What if there were a mirror that showed a different reflection than yourself? Imagine that Ram stands in front of the mirror and sees not Ram but Shyam in the mirror. “Maya” is the house of such mirrors. The people you see around you are just your different reflections. Some reflections are similar to you and others are completely different. If you try to change a reflection, you would end up banging your head against a mirror. Instead, change your position and angles. Don’t try to change people. Just change your distance and expectations from them.” LoveMindPhilosophyTruthSpiritualityRelationshipsIllusionExpectationsDetachment Author:Shunya
“Those who act from their heart feel that everyone acts from their hearts. Those who act from their head believe that everyone acts from their heads.” MindHeartPhilosophySpiritualityPsychologySelflessnessHead Author:Shunya
“In stress, we consume too much food and information. Opposite is also true. When you consume too much information, you get stressed.” MindSpiritualityPsychologyInner Peace Author:Shunya
“You don't value things that easily come to you. You value things that are hard to get. You keep running after them and complain, "Why are things I desire hard to get?” LifeMindSpiritualityStrugglePsychologyBuddhismParadoxHinduism Author:Shunya
“Problems are like traffic jams. They clear up if you wait patiently. But instead of waiting for solution, you start seeking solace in two ways: (1) You target those who you think are cause of your problems (2) You target yourself. As a result problems sink their roots deep into your mind. ॐ” LifeMindPhilosophyMotivationReligionSpiritualityPsychologyProblemsSolution Author:Shunya
“Suppose you have 2L of nectar and you want a vessel to keep it. There is a golden vessel of 1L capacity and there is a steel vessel of 2L capacity. If your mind were free, you would choose the steel vessel and be happy. But your mind is conditioned to believe that gold is better than steel. So none of the vessels will make you happy. Steel one will make you feel inferior and gold one can't contain all of your nectar.” MindSpiritualityFreedomSocietyConditioning 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
“Decades ago, when cars became a thing, people started imagining about flying cars. They never imagined about internet and smartphones. We extrapolate what we already know. If we know about cars, we imagine about flying cars.” LifeMindSpiritualityDiscoveryInsightIntuitionUnknown Author:Shunya
“If there are two people in the room and one of them has already decided to be the perpetual victim, the other person will automatically become the oppressor for the outsiders. If you are stuck with a person who is infected with perpetual victimhood, no matter how much you try to help them, you will always be projected as the oppressor.” MindSpiritualityPsychologyVictimhood Author:Shunya
“The knowledge a student seeks is already inside the school bag she carries. She goes to school to transfer that knowledge inside her mind. At the end of the year, the entire bag is supposed to become part of her mind. Your ideas and beliefs about God are like a school bag you carry around. They are supposed to burn and become an integral part of you. Don’t fall in love with the bag. It is supposed to go.” MindSpiritualityMindfulnessEnlightenmentStillnessNothingnessNo Thought Author:Shunya
“Imagine you have to choose something out of ten options and you have very little time. You will choose what is best for you. But if you have a lot of time, you will set aside the best option and try other options. This is the trick of Time. Subconsciously, we are assured that we have a lot of time. So the best option doesn’t seem attractive to us. We ignore it. Other options give us more kick. They seem more attractive. That is why most of us fall into wrong relationships. And the rest of us get rejected by those for whom we were the best option.” LoveMindPhilosophyChoicesSpiritualityRelationshipsPsychology Author:Shunya
“Sometimes you don’t like the price of a product in a store. You want to walk out immediately but you pretend to be interested. Sometimes you don’t like where conversation is going. You want to stop immediately but you pretend to be interested. You are doing it so as not to hurt them. You are doing it all for them. Actually you are doing charity but you also feel emotionally robbed afterwards. It creates confusion for your soul. Should it copy the good Karma of charity, or bad Karma arising out of emotional robbery? Avoid this confusion. Feel good after doing this charity.” MindPhilosophySpiritualityPsychologySocietyCharitySensitivity Author:Shunya
“When you see something happening for 10 times, you expect it to happen 11th times also. If it happens, you feel “normal”. If it doesn’t, you get either disappointment or pleasant surprise. So, expectations are like 3D glasses that make you experience Maya with a new range of emotions. But don’t keep these glasses on 24x7, otherwise you will forget what your loved ones originally look like. Similarly, if you are caught up with a loved one who wears these glasses 24x7, try to preserve your originality not only for yourself but also for them so that they find you original and whole when they let go of those glasses (hopefully).” LoveLifeMindSpiritualityRelationshipsPsychologyExpectations 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
“Even now, there are educated people who believe that Earth is flat. They have their own Maths and Logic to prove it. Even if you launch them into orbit. their mind will come up with a logic to prove that Earth is flat, not round. You may laugh at them but you also have your own conclusions and nobody can get you out of them except you, Mind is a crazy Machine. It shows you what you want to see. Keep destroying your conclusions until nothing remains. “Nothing” is the treasure you seek.” MindTruthSpiritualityIllusionAwakeningNothingnessBeliefsBelief System Author:Shunya
“Answers are just food for mind. Like an animal may someday cross the boundaries of jungle in search of food, you might cross the boundaries of mind in search of answers. The supreme truth is not an answer but you may find Him in search of answers.” MindSpiritualityAnswersBuddhismSeekingHinduismInner JourneySeeker Author:Shunya
“Once you have invested some time and energy on a path, you no longer want to know the right path. You just want assurance that your path is the right path.” LifeMindReligionFaithSpiritualityBeliefPsychologyAssurance 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
“There is no point in reading anything until your mind is fully clean and receptive. Mind’s tendency is to interpret things the way it suits you, the way it strengthens your existing beliefs.” MindWisdomSpiritualityBeliefKnowledgePsychologyHinduismReceptivity 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
“Cook some interesting experiences with the ingredients you already have in your kitchen. Don't waste your life searching for missing ingredients of some illusive perfect dish.” LifeMindReligionSpiritualityPsychologyIllusionPerfectionLiving In The Present 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
“If a woman who has grown up alone in a far off island gets pregnant, she might think that she has got a fatal disease which is making her stomach swell. Your pain and discomfort is intolerable to you because you don't know that you are pregnant with a beautiful destiny.” MindPainSpiritualityOpportunityPerspectiveBuddhismHinduism Author:Shunya
“Often people say that their intention was right but action was wrong. Having an intention itself is wrong because it makes you the doer of that action. And doer has to bear consequences. Let your body-mind be just an instrument of the supreme.” MindBodyActionSpiritualityIntentionConsequences Author:Shunya
“Pick any movie that you had watched 10 years ago. If you watch it now, you will understand it in a completely different way. Same goes for scriptures. Don’t quote holy books to justify your prejudices. You will start getting their true essence only when you have grown up spiritually.” LifeMindReligionSpiritualityPsychologyHinduism Author:Shunya
“Mind says, “Wherever you see a temple or something related to god, bow down.” Mind wants to be the authority that decides what is godly and what is not. God says, “Wherever you bow down in egolessness, there is me and my temple.” MindGodReligionSpiritualityEgoPurityHolinessEgolessEgolessness Author:Shunya
“Your mind is a net. It can catch flies (worldly information). It can catch butterflies (spiritual knowledge), But it can’t catch the fragrance (Supreme Truth).” MindWisdomSpiritualityKnowledgeEnlightenmentLiberationNothingness Author:Shunya
“When morality stops you from doing something wrong, you feel ashamed and weak. Shame works like a nutrient for the demons lurking in your mind. It makes them stronger and stronger. When your own inner voice stops you from doing a wrong, you feel good and strong. Demons become weaker and weaker. You have to set aside the heap of morals to find the inner voice buried underneath.” MindReligionSpiritualitySelf LoveMoralityInner StrengthDogmaDemonsInner Voice Author:Shunya
“When mind consumes a bad experience, it takes a lot of time to clean itself. Sometimes it starts creating more and more mess because it doesn't know how to clean itself. Body is a self-cleaning organism. Even a dog's body knows how to vomit out stuff. When mind starts creating mess, vacate it for some time and start living in the body.” MindWisdomBodySpiritualitySelf LoveDepressionAnxiety Author:Shunya
“Fall in love with the whole universe, not just the portions that your mind considers important. Mind may run towards the light bulb but the switch is often found away from the bulb.” LifeMindProblemWisdomSpiritualityUniverseGoalsSolution Author:Shunya
“When we want to like someone, our mind gives their negative points a positive spin. When we want to dislike someone, mind gives their positive points a negative spin. Watch the mind!” LifeMindSpiritualityPsychologyRelationships Quotes Author:Shunya
“Your spiritual journey won't be all nice and flowery. Your inner demons will come to the surface and make you feel terrible before leaving you permanently.” PhilosophySpiritualityStressMental HealthNew AgeSexual Energy Author:Shunya
“When you feel depressed, you tend to look down. Look up at the point where earthly objects meet the sky. You will feel powerful because everything within this point is your reality. You are its creator. Everything else is just shadows dancing in your head.” SpiritualityPsychologyDepressionStressMental HealthNew AgeHere And Now Author:Shunya
“Nobody understands you. Even you don't understand yourself. You are suffering because you are trying to fit into known categories, labels and structures.” SpiritualityPsychologySelf LoveAnxietyStress Author:Shunya
“So much stress! I am a victim of city lifestyle. Life is so good in villages." Playing victim like this is a mechanism of mind to get some relief. "My sister-in-law doesn't respect me." This thought can cause so much stress to a village woman that she may go into depression and ultimately be 'possessed by ghosts.' Stress is equal in villages, if not more.” SpiritualityDepressionMindfulnessStressMental Health Author:Shunya
“It's easy for a preacher to say 'Let Go'. Imagine a king who wants to let go of his power because it's giving him nothing but stress and anxiety. If he lets go of it, his enemies will kill him. He has to first let go of his own body-mind. Then right circumstances will form and his body-mind will be able let go of power safely. You have to let go of things spiritually before you can let go of them physically.” SpiritualityBuddhismLetting GoAnxietyStressHinduism Author:Shunya
“People can't have an opinion about you. Because you're nothingness. They have opinion about the body-mind you're wearing. That's understandable. If you're wearing blue and somebody doesn't like blue, that's totally fine.” SpiritualityOpinionWorrySocietyConfidenceNothingnessOpinions Of OthersShunya Author:Shunya
“If you declare dust as your enemy, you will guard your house 24×7 with a mop in hand. You won't be able to live in your own house peacefully. Dust is just a phenomenon which should be given attention only when required.” SpiritualityLife QuotesWorryFutureAnxietyWorries Author:Shunya
“The swords hanging at your head are keeping you in fear 24×7. Let them fall. They will only cut the artificial heads given to you by society. Your original head will stay unharmed. You will become free and fearless.” SpiritualityFearFreedomWorrySocietyFearlessness Author:Shunya
“Your life is being written by the pencil of “Time” on the paper of “Space”. When you get the Eraser of Supreme Knowledge, you neither get bothered by what has been written in the past, nor worry about what is going to be written in the future.” TimeSpiritualitySpaceWorryRegretSupreme Knowledge Author:Shunya
“Some things and people may be giving you pain. But you can't let go of them because the void that will be left behind is even more painful.” PainSufferingSpiritualityRelationshipsLetting Go Author:Shunya