“You become free and fearless when you realize that all are equally clueless about life, be it old or young, rich or poor, king or servant, educated or uneducated...” LifeWisdomSpiritualityCourageConfidenceFearlessnessShunya Author:Shunya
“If all your emotional issues get resolved, what will happen to the entertainment industry? How will they engage you? You won't be able to relate to any story. Whole industry runs on your issues.” SpiritualityIssuesPsychologyDramaHeartbreakEmotionsShunya Author:Shunya
“You're hungry, you see food, and you get excited. You never question where did the hunger come from. You didn't sign up for this endless cycle of hunger and food, problem and solution, question and answer. You're the eternity.” PhilosophyRealitySpiritualityIllusionHinduismNondualityDualityShunya Author:Shunya
“You don't know God because you know too much 'about' Him. A baby knows his mother even though he knows nothing 'about' her.” KnowingBuddhismHinduismNot KnowingNothingnessShunya Author:Shunya
“Sunset is as beautiful as sunrise. Why can't the endings be as beautiful as beginnings? Why do we fly in 7th heaven in the beginnings and fall to 7th hell in the endings? Why can't we stay at the ground?” PeopleSpiritualityRelationshipsHeartbreakMaturityShunya Author:Shunya
“No statement is true. Silence is the only truth. But to guide you towards eternal silence, a Guru has to make statements. Some Gurus make sensational statements to awaken people because people are deep sleep on the couch of their belief systems.” SilenceEternityNothingnessNo MindNo ThoughtShunya Author:Shunya
“Bucket may contain some ocean water, not the entire ocean. Your mind can contain theories and stories about gods, not the actual gods.” MindSoulGodReligionSpiritualityEnlightenmentAwakeningShunya Author:Shunya
“In a movie, when a character receives a letter, she reads it aloud for the audience. Other characters of the movie can’t know the secret, but she tells it to the audience. Be the audience if you want to know the deepest secrets of the universe. Be the audience if you want to make sense of what is happening around you. Your character is the doer while your soul is the audience. Be at the level of soul more often.” MindSoulAwakeningSelf RealizationNothingnessShunya Author:Shunya
“Phases in spiritual journey: First you are a fire (Fire to seek the truth). Then you turn into ash (Earth) and become compassionate towards everything like mother Earth. Then ash flows into water. You want to wash away all the darkness inside and outside you. Then water evaporates and becomes air. Your notions about dark and light, good and bad evaporate. Then the trickiest part is to realize the Shunya or nothingness. Air can’t become Shunya. Everything including air is inside Shunya.” SoulSpiritualityBuddhismHinduismNothingnessShunyaFive Elements Author:Shunya
“I am a soul." This thought may give relief to beginners. But as you advance on spiritual path, this thought creates a huge problem: Your mind splits into two. One part starts acting like a soul and says "I am a soul." And the soul remains asleep.” MindSoulSpiritualityBuddhismEnlightenmentHinduismNothingnessShunya Author:Shunya
“Anything that can be said is a perspective, not truth.” TruthAwakeningZenHinduismNothingnessShunya Author:Shunya
“Mind is like a net that can catch many things. Supreme truth is the fragrance it can never catch.” BuddhismZenHinduismNothingnessVedantaShunya Author:Shunya
“When you detach from your identity and I detach from mine, we are nothing (Shunya). But that 'nothing' contains everything just as white light contains all colours.” PhilosophyBuddhismZenHinduismNothingnessShunyaImmortal Talks Author:Shunya
“You can have experiences of all flavours in life. But you will remain thirsty and restless until you get the plain water of nothingness.” SpiritualityZenNothingnessNo ThoughtShunya Author:Shunya
“When you see the Sun setting over the horizon, you feel like you've entered into a beautiful art piece. A meditative mind gets that feeling 24×7. The world feels like an art village for those who walk through it slowly.” SpiritualityMeditationBuddhismMindfulnessAwakeningZenShunya 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
“Freedom of soul translates into power of body-mind. To free the soul from Karmic burdens, you should first know what is Karma and What is soul? Why does soul record everything body-mind does? Is there a way to stop it from doing so? Is there a way to erase everything it has recorded?” LifeHappinessDeathSpiritualityHealthKarmaShunya Author:Shunya
“When you see thing through a window of 100 years, everything seems meaningless and depressing because nothing is going to stay for that long. Through the window of present moment, everything looks beautiful and divine.” PhilosophySpiritualityPsychologyDepressionInner PeaceNew AgeLiving In The PresentShunya Author:Shunya
“After one point, you have to let go of your deity, your books, your theories and stories. You have to let go of everything and merge with the supreme nothingness. This last step is the most difficult to take. It's not a step. It's a jump which lands you directly in the lap of supreme power.” EnlightenmentAwakeningDevotionNothingnessSeekerShunya Author:Shunya
“Nothingness is the source of everything. But if you want to take an apple out of it, so many other things will come out along with apple: The farmer who produced it, the farm, the seed shop, farmer’s family and ancestors... a whole new universe will come out with apple.” UniverseBuddhismHinduismNothingnessAdvaitaVedantaShunya Author:Shunya
“Give yourself fully to something - be it ritual or logic, a god or human, passion or asceticism. Don't save even a bit of yourself otherwise the magic won't happen.” EnlightenmentAwakeningHinduismNothingnessNo MindNo ThoughtShunyaBuddhism Quotes Author:Shunya
“There are two kind of travellers: (1) They relax in their seat and enjoy the journey. Their train reaches the destination smoothly. (2) They remain agitated and desperate to reach the destination. They think they can relax only after reaching. Somehow their train always faces delays and obstacles.” LifeInspirationalMotivationalLife LessonsGoalShunyaImmortal Talks Author:Shunya
“Dreams also seem real while you're into them. You say you're in reality right now. But this may also be a dream, a fiction. The only way to find out is to wake up!” PhilosophyRealitySpiritualityDreamsHinduismShunya Author:Shunya
“The light of soul shines through eyes that shed tears of compassion.” LightSpiritualityBuddhismHinduismInner PowerShunya Author:Shunya
“When you make your wounds your identity, you start seeing wounds everywhere. What comes to you depends on what you identify yourself with. God comes to you when you identify with nothing.” GodPeaceNothingnessDeityShunya Author:Shunya
“Even while your body and mind are running, there is something (or 'nothing') inside you which is always at rest. You're that.” WisdomPeaceBuddhismHinduismShunya Author:Shunya
“Imagine an absolute vacuum in which nothing exists. Then air, water, trees, mountains, clouds, thoughts and all other forms of matter and energy appear inside it. Mind can merely imagine that vacuum. But you can feel it. Because you're that vacuum.” PhilosophySpiritualityPeaceNothingnessShunyaAdvaitavad Author:Shunya
“Service is all about compassion and healing. Activism is all about glorifying the wounds and keeping them unhealed.” SpiritualityPeaceActivismServiceActivistShunya Author:Shunya