If you like something you lose touch with reality, If you dislike something you lose touch with reality. Only if you see everything the way it is you are in touch with reality. Reality is the only doorway to the beyond. If you want to go somewhere, you can only start from where you are right you are.
Additional information/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMt6ySMOeY (Midnights with the Mystic: Conversations between Sadhguru and Cheryl Simone) (1:16:10)
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