1,203 Quotes by 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.

You may be attached only to your family members but what’s the guarantee that they are not attached to people outside the family? And those outsiders are attached to even more outsiders. This chain of Karmic infection goes on and on. So your fate is linked with an entire beehive. Detach!

The universe looks different from different angles. Everyone is right from their perspective. If you say, ‘No. Some are right. Others are wrong, then you are also right. There is no absolute right or wrong. Absolute is just silence of nothingness.

We seek the punchline in a joke, moral in a story, summary in an essay, fragrance in a flower and so on. We seek essence in each and every thing. Why don’t we seek essence of the universe as a whole? That essence is nothingness.

We become mirror image of those whom we blindly oppose. And we don’t even realize it.

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.

To get godly powers, you must have godly qualities. For human mind, the easiest godly quality to acquire is ‘Infinite Patience’. That means, you should be able to wait infinitely for the results. In other words, you should not expect results, Those who can wait infinitely get it instantly.

Understand the difference between mystical art and mystical knowldge. Devotional music, life stories of mystics and gods, images, paintings etc. may temporarily transport you to mystical world but they can’t give you mystical powers. Art is beautiful. Knowledge is boring. Ancient sages tried to mix art with knowledge. We discarded the knowledge but kept the art.

Human mind also has teeth and digestive system. Most people use just teeth. They react immediately to everything. They don’t digest. Teeth can only chew things. To extract nutrients, you need to swallow and digest.