Shunya Pragya https://shunyapragya.com Shunya Yoga and Meditation Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:58:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 https://shunyapragya.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-121-1-32x32.png Shunya Pragya https://shunyapragya.com 32 32 Breathe without baggage: Live in the moment https://shunyapragya.com/breathe-without-baggage-live-in-the-moment/ https://shunyapragya.com/breathe-without-baggage-live-in-the-moment/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:55:31 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=5999   Summary Mindfulness practices offer a powerful gateway to emotional well-being and inner peace. By helping us release past regrets and quiet future anxieties, mindfulness cultivates a happier, healthier, and more relaxed state of mind—without sacrificing focus or efficiency. Through simple yet transformative techniques like self-forgiveness, present-moment awareness, and gentle self-inquiry, we begin to shed […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/breathe-without-baggage-live-in-the-moment/feed/ 0 Elegance Flowers When https://shunyapragya.com/elegance-flowers-when/ https://shunyapragya.com/elegance-flowers-when/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:25:57 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4731 Being is a two-way bridge. One way takes life to the busy streets of the bazaar, and the other to the bliss of existence. Choose your way wisely. Prelude In one way, the being can be described as our innermost aliveness and animating life force acting as a foundation of our mind-matter framework. To understand […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/elegance-flowers-when/feed/ 0 Dreams: Hidden Portal of Awareness https://shunyapragya.com/dreams-hidden-portal-of-awareness/ https://shunyapragya.com/dreams-hidden-portal-of-awareness/#respond Sat, 24 Sep 2022 05:09:29 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4726 A dream is a creative sleep. Only creativity can bring transformation, free from any obsession. The human mind is a wonderland. In a way, it is magical in designing experiences; close your eyes, and you can create a beautiful garden, magnificent castle, or tasty food in your mind, and immediately you feel good. Also, you […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/dreams-hidden-portal-of-awareness/feed/ 0 Jyotish and the City of Shadows https://shunyapragya.com/jyotish-and-the-city-of-shadows/ https://shunyapragya.com/jyotish-and-the-city-of-shadows/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:40:51 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4720 Human ideologies are like shadows. We create shadows, these shadows fight, and real humans suffer. Sadly, we humans have collectively agreed to live in the darkness of our shadows. Any obstruction in the path of light creates a shadow in the shape of the obstruction. Our consciousness is a kind of inner light that gets […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/jyotish-and-the-city-of-shadows/feed/ 0 My Turban of Knowledge https://shunyapragya.com/my-turban-of-knowledge/ https://shunyapragya.com/my-turban-of-knowledge/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:02:28 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4713 Learning gave me the pride of knowledge. Knowing made me humble, as I know now, how much I don’t know. According to Lao Tzu, “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” Our understanding of life is expressed through knowledge and wisdom. Both of these are important in their […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/my-turban-of-knowledge/feed/ 0 Life Together – We live in one existence, and there are no spare parts https://shunyapragya.com/life-together-we-live-in-one-existence-and-there-are-no-spare-parts/ https://shunyapragya.com/life-together-we-live-in-one-existence-and-there-are-no-spare-parts/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:49:24 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4710 Can you create a gap in existence? Can you possibly live unconnected in this world? Can colors be seen without the seer? Can you perceive anything without sensing the other? Every breath we take links us with trees. Every drop of water we drink links us to the rivers. And, every step we move links […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/life-together-we-live-in-one-existence-and-there-are-no-spare-parts/feed/ 0 Emptiness (Śūnyatā) – Emptiness is a great understanding https://shunyapragya.com/emptiness-sunyata-emptiness-is-a-great-understanding/ https://shunyapragya.com/emptiness-sunyata-emptiness-is-a-great-understanding/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:10:57 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4699 Emptiness (Śūnyatā) What is it: Whose existence is its annihilation? Whose knowing burns the knowledge? Who cannot be held, though, is always in your hands? Emptiness is its name. Prelude Emptiness is a great understanding and is most difficult as well. Its nature is non-dualistic and is fundamental for the duality to exist. It is […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/emptiness-sunyata-emptiness-is-a-great-understanding/feed/ 0 Silence Occurs – Everything in life is vibration – Albert Einstein https://shunyapragya.com/silence-occurs-everything-in-life-is-vibration-albert-einstein/ https://shunyapragya.com/silence-occurs-everything-in-life-is-vibration-albert-einstein/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:18:39 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4679 Silence Occurs Sounds are produced in silence. Sounds are consumed in silence. Silence is the backdrop of all sounds. “Everything in life is vibration” – Albert Einstein We live in a sea of sounds spread in space, and it is not an overemphasis to say that we are the creatures of sound as well. Our […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/silence-occurs-everything-in-life-is-vibration-albert-einstein/feed/ 0 Mindful Leadership https://shunyapragya.com/mindfulness/ https://shunyapragya.com/mindfulness/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:33:18 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4656 Author – Shunya (Author’s Pen Name, a.k.a Rajesh Fandan) Leadership is for everyone Gently close your eyes and say in your mind a few times the word, “leader.” Notice what sort of images are flaring up. Most of us will see typical media images of popular leaders. It can be a political figure standing before […]

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]]> https://shunyapragya.com/mindfulness/feed/ 0 A real meditator: Seer or Preacher? https://shunyapragya.com/a-real-meditator-seer-or-preacher/ https://shunyapragya.com/a-real-meditator-seer-or-preacher/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2021 01:37:15 +0000 https://shunyapragya.com/?p=4597 Pre-word: A real meditator is a continuously seeking soul and lives as a seer rather than a preacher. An inside-out view is preferred based on experiences rather than an outside-in view, based on borrowed knowledge. We all have an intrinsic curiosity to know about our roots, and their relation to the vast existential reality in […]

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