22 Quotes by Shunya about knowledge
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Everything is divine and wonderful till you give it a name. Names make everything normal. Example: A woman is pregnant. A human is inside another human. You should wonder! But for you it's all normal because you have given it a name: pregnancy.
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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.
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To detach from someone, just know them fully.
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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).
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Spiritual knowledge is like a detergent powder. It is added to take out the dirt. It is not supposed to stay inside along with the dirt.
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If you are proud of some things in life, you are also tired of some burdens of life. Pride and burdens go hand in hand. Let go of pride to get rid of burdens.
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Do this experiment: After reading a message, don’t reply immediately. Wait for 24 hours. The reply would be different from what you would have replied immediately. Maybe you won’t even reply. Words hypnotize us and make us react like a drunkard. Silence dehypnotizes us.
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Think again about your home address. It says, "| don't know where is my home but there are this many houses outside it. There is this street outside it. There is this locality, this state, this country, this planet outside it..."You only know what is outside your home. You don't know where exactly it is.
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If you are so unique that you don't fit in any category, you are an unknown mystery to people. And people fear the unknown. As a distraction from fear, they laugh or talk nonsense about you.
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