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#1

“A typical human mind remains under control of the external world, Maya, which has a never-ending arsenal of highs-lows, good-bad, right-wrong, love-hate, pleasure-pain, likes-dislikes, pure-impure, spiritual-materialistic, belief-disbelief, rational-irrational, and so on to keep a mind engaged. Therefore, Maya has all the powers to enslave a human mind and control what information the latter receives.”
― Shunya, Immortal Talks

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#2

“Puppets, we are! The mighty puppeteer has thrown us into this part of the world to crawl a bunch of paths of this jungle all our lives.”
― Shunya, Immortal Talks

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#3

“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.”
― Shunya

tags: cult, group, group-mentality, prejudices, psychology, religion

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#4

“People are constantly searching for an external enemy in order to forget their internal conflicts. Don’t oblige them. Stay detached.”
― Shunya

tags: conflict, detachment, inner-peace, people, psychology, solitude

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#5

“There are mainly nine emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Pity, Disgust, Expectation, Surprise, and Trust. You are attached to those who give you joy. You are attached to those who make you sad. You are attached to those you fear. You are attached to those you are full of pity for. You are attached to those who disgust you. You are attached to those you expect from. You are attached to those who surprise you. You are attached to those you trust. In short, you are attached to those who evoke any kind of emotion in you. You should consider them all as mermaids, or the infected souls out to sink you in the depths of their bad Karma.”
― Shunya, Immortal Talks

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#6

“Awakened ones are like the cool shadow of a tree. Light is harsh because of ego. Shadow has all the qualities of light except the ego. It is compassionate towards darkness also but it never steps into darkness.”
― Shunya

tags: bad, darkness, good, life, light, philosophy, shadow, wisdom

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#7

“Moving in the right direction is better than arriving at wrong destination. Obstacles are good because they either take our time or change our direction so that we reach the right destination at right time.”
― Shunya

tags: destination, goal, inspiration, journey, life, motivation, obstacles, path, purpose

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#8

“When politicians misuse their position, we call it corruption. It's a bad word. When other celebrities misuse their position and lie about products, we call it sponsoring. It's a nice and fancy word. That means human mind can be conditioned to believe anything as good or bad.”
― Shunya

tags: bad, celebrities, corruption, good, lie, politicians, truth

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#9

“If you have said something wrong, say sorry. But if you have done something wrong, feel sorry. Feeling sorry will telepathically communicate your apology to the other person if they deserve it.”
― Shunya

tags: communication, forgiveness, guilty, regret, sorry, telepathy

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#10

“The recess bell has rung. The teacher is just wrapping up her lecture. Only your body is inside the class. Your mind is already in a different zone. Remember that joyful feeling?

When the bell of awareness rings, your body and mind remain in the world, but you see them from a distance, from a different zone altogether. You feel very light, relieved from the unnecessary baggage.”
― Shunya

tags: awakening, awareness, detachment, meditation, mindfulness, soul

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#11

“Like your body breathes air, your mind breathes thoughts. You feel depressed when your mind forgets to fully breathe out. Stretch your mind regularly. Contemplate who you are in this infinite cosmos.”
― Shunya

tags: body, depression, infinity, mind, thoughts, wisdom

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#12

“When a seed starts fearing the soil, it runs to the lab to become a hybrid.

Seed is you. Soil is your inner world. Lab is society.”
― Shunya

tags: inner-world, silence, society, solitude, spirituality

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#13

“Be someone who has nothing. Then everything you have will feel like a luxurious gift. Even better, be someone who doesn't even have a body. Then every touch and every visual offered by the body will feel heavenly.”
― Shunya

tags: buddhism, hinduism, minimalism, nothingness, zen

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#14

“Pain multiplies when you try to go away from it. Be with it until it goes away from you.”
― Shunya

tags: body, heartache, heartbreak, knowldge, life, mind, pain, soul, wisdom

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#15

“Attachment hurts you, detachment heals you back. At the end of the cycle, you are no longer the same person. This entire cyclic process is love. It evolves you. Attachment alone is not love.”
― Shunya

tags: attachment, hurt, love, pain, transformation

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#16

“When the car is fast, you get excitement but lose control of direction. This fast world is exciting but we’ve lost control of our own life.”
― Shunya

tags: calm, nature, new-age, peace, spirituality

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#17

“If a soul is aware of who it is and where it is headed, it is pure.”
― Shunya, Immortal Talks

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#18

“There are no exams in playschool. If you are tired of exams and tests life is throwing at you, make your life like a book from playschool: Less words, more pictures. Less conclusions, more stories. Less meaning, more poetry. Less interpretations, more direct experiences.”
― Shunya

tags: buddhism, life, silence, solitude, spirituality, zen

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#19

“Suppose 10 different sculpture artists are thinking about what they are going to sculpt next. If you show them a rough rock, they won't see rock; they will see what they are thinking of carving from it. Similarly, the universe is just a rough rock. Different souls see different things in it.”
― Shunya

tags: philosophy, reality, spirituality, universe, wisdom

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#20

“There is an emptiness inside us. If we look at it from outside, we feel painful loneliness. If we sit inside that emptiness and look outside, we experience blissful solitude.”
― Shunya

tags: buddhism, loneliness, relationships, solitude, zen

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#21

“Spirituality is not about changing who you are. It’s about discovering who you are.”
― Shunya

tags: life, philosophy, religion, self-discovery, spirituality, transformation

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#22

“Silence is the background music that you can play anywhere and make any ambience your own.”
― Shunya

tags: meditation, mind, no-thought, silence, spirituality, zen

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#23

“In the infinite dark cosmos, a tiny ball called Earth is floating. Its surface is occupied by even tinier creatures called 'human beings', who wear fancy clothes and speak big words.

Seekers start their journey filled with this wonder but soon their wonder gets replaced with theories and stories, scriptures and Gurus. They settle at some ideology or sect and life goes on.”
― Shunya

tags: buddhism, hinduism, nothingness, philosophy, seeking, spirituality, wonder

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#24

“When you are trying to prove yourself to someone, you’ve already lost because you’re playing in a game set by them. This is a classic trick of Maya (Time-Space) to keep a soul trapped. She gives you an identity and asks you to prove it’s worth.”
― Shunya

tags: life, relationships, spirituality, toxic-relationships, wisdom

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#25

“The lamp of divine guidance is in your hand. Pour the oil of faith in it. It doesn't illuminate the whole path at once. It guides you one step at a time.”
― Shunya

tags: faith, future, guidance, life, path, purpose, spirituality

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#26

“Sometimes the universe uses an nasty person to pull you out of your comfort zone and throw you into an opportunity.”
― Shunya

tags: hate, life, meanness, nasty, opportunity, positivity

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#27

“Oneness has to be realized, not created. Those who try to create oneness in the world end up creating one more group, one more sect, one more division.”
― Shunya

tags: activism, enlightenment, oneness, religion, self-realization, spirituality, universe

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#28

“Don’t be so hard on yourself that your mind starts taking pleasure in self-pity.

Don’t go so easy on yourself that guilt becomes the flavour of your joy.”
― Shunya

tags: guilt, life, self-pity, spirituality

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#29

“When you are deeply attached to a celebrity player, his or her victory becomes your victory; loss becomes your loss. If you are attached to several players, at least one of them will win in a given day and give you something to cheer about.

Similarly, a Yogi soul can switch characters and get attached to the one who is having happy experience at that moment.”
― Shunya

tags: hinduism, kundalini, mystery, mysticism, yoga, yogic-wisdom

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#30

“Universe is like a printer. It can give you a hard copy of anything you believe. Having a hard copy doesn't mean that your belief is the only truth. There is no point in fighting over beliefs. Print something beautiful with this magical printer.”
― Shunya

tags: belief, law-of-attraction, spirituality, truth, universe

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