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“To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.”

Book:Unless You Become Like This Child

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“Emotion and intellect, matter and spirit, body and soul, One and Many, male and female, human and divine, freedom and necessity - all the contradictions of our fractured existence are most marvelously woven together in the wedding of soul and spirit, which preserves our twofoldness right into the heart of the One.”

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Book:The Secret Tradition of the Soul

Source: The Secret Tradition of the Soul

“In patience you shall possess your soul.”

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“When you touch river Ganga in Rishikesh, you also touch the ocean to which the river is connected. Because the distinction between the river and ocean is just in your mind. You also touch the vapours rising from ocean, You touch clouds, rains, earth, mountains, You touch eternity. You touch God. Remove the distinctions, clean the mind. God is right here, right now.”

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Author:Shunya

“The shortest distance between two souls is an open heart.”

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“Life is like photography. At one point we realize that candid photography offers more “Perfect Moments” than stressfully trying to control everything to create such moments.”

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Author:Shunya

“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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Author:Shunya

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