All sadhguru Quotes ⇑
My only intention is that you blossom into a full-fledged life, because that's all life is about.
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When the entire population of the world attains enlightenment, I'll retire and play golf every dayFunny
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The day my life was demolished to make me into the lifeLife Short
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When I speak, I am not giving a teaching. I am only making people thirsty to know.
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You want to explore not the flesh of life – you want to get to the bones of life, then you must come (to Sadhguru).Life Seeking Spirituality
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I’m here to serve life. I don’t have a mission of my own.
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If you drop your nonsense, I can make you drip with ecstasy.
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[About his Mission] I just want to live in a wonderful world, not with miserable people, so I'm trying to add some companyFunny
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Lack of fire of life is slow suicide. I am always for speed and efficiency on all fronts of life.
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Two ways to look at a birthday - “I'm getting old, time to slow down” or “time is running out, have to speed up.” I want to use the throttle not the brake. What about you?
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My whole work is to empower people to go ahead, not follow meGuru
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I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?Guru
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I started practicing yoga for all the wrong reasons but it still worked. This is the nature of the existence - if you do the right thing, right things will happen to you
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People try handling issues outside but they themselves are an issue. I ensured I'm not an issue in my life or anyone else's
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I don't have a mindset. I have an intelligence that is not set but fluid.Intelligence
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I'm completely drunk, all the time. Not on wine - on the DivineShort
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Exuberance of life, Neither has age nor time, In savoring a slice of life, there is divine delightLife Poetry Time
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I am not interested in you seeking God. I am interested in you becoming godlike.God Seeking
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A conch shell has risen from the ocean, Will you heed my call to awaken? If for convenience you choose not to be shaken, Oceans will rise and you shall be forsakenPoetry
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Mirrors cannot lie, Now, now don't you howl, Have the wisdom of the owl, He sees more - that is how.Poetry
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I don't want a possibility to remain a possibility. I want it to become a reality. If everybody is committed, it is not far away at all.Possibility
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Whatever temples and places may be there in the world - and I have been to many truly sacred places and seen many powerful beings - when I bow down to them I am genuine, but I bow down to them a little less than I would bow down to my Guru, always. When I bow down to Kailash, I bow down to it the same way I would bow down to my Guru
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If your ignorance doesn't make you suffer, then what's the use of me? It takes a lot to come out of the trap of ignoranceFunny Ignorance
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I heard people talking about stress management, I couldn't get it. In my understanding, we only manage things that are precious to us, we manage our family, money, businesses.. it took me a while to understand that people have made a conclusion that stress is a part of their livesFunny
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[About seeing Yoga used as a treatment for physical problems] A man who knows what it means to fly will cry when he sees an Airplane with chopped out wingsFunny
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I’m not dedicated to your comfort. I’m dedicated to you breaking barriers within yourself
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Most people are trying to make the simplest aspects of life mystical. My effort is to make even the mystical simple & available to allMysticism
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My mother set the ambiance for me, without which I would not be what I am. Motherhood is not of biology but of unconditional Inclusion
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Eighty years after I leave physically, I will still be around. That is to ensure that everyone who was in some way touched by me is cleaned up from the planet before I leave completely
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My work is not with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, or anyone else. My work is with human beings, wherever they are
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My Poetry is not by intent but a natural consequence of the way I am. I am like a dry stick of logic with an effusion of flowering
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In the coming year, may you know the immense fulfillment of touching people’s lives in the deepest way. May you also know most profound moments of Stillness and Insight of the within
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I am not a devotee of Shiva. I never worshiped him. But he invaded me & became my life breath. There is no way I can shake him offLord Shiva
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People think that yoga means that you’re not interested in life. I’m doing everything possible to change this perception.Yoga
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My effort is to marry science and politics. Only then true action can take place
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If you want to enjoy this life, I will teach you a way to be super intoxicated, at the same time super alert.
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For me, the biggest thing is living in crystal clarity. Clarity can be intoxicating
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Why simply wine? You can get drunk with the di-vine!Poetry
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I am not interested in a god that lives in heaven. If he is willing to live here, I am interestedGod Short
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Holding on to my breath only to bring the Grace, knowledge, energy and Enlightenment of Adiyogi to allLord Shiva
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Every aspect of my life is soaked in Devotion. Devotion not for a God above, but for all that is around meDevotion
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If I were a moral teacher, I would try to change you. Because I am a Guru, I do not try to change you.Guru
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People think “intimacy” means two bodies must be rubbing. Skin is the outermost cover of who you are. How can that be intimate? I hold relationships with people where my life energy reverberates with their life energy. That's really intimate.Relationship
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I barely belong to this world, but still I'm participating.
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Life is very simple for me. What I know, I know perfectly well. What I do not know, I just do not know - I don't do any guess work.
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Everything is up for sale, In this crumbling dale, Not just the king of the jungle, Even the ancient crown did crumblePoetry
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The sacred wheel, Has lost its axle, You and me have to toil, Before we meet the soilPoetry
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I want India to be a country of wellbeing, where our standards of wellbeing are different from just a vulgar sense of wealth and conquest.India
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It would be good if every day before you eat, you sit in front of your food, take a minute's break and think of all the people who are not eating that day, and then eatFood
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It is my wish and blessing that you should know the joy of being truly well, not just physical wellbeing, but to know and exude wellbeing in all dimensions of your existence.
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This life for me is an endeavor to help people experience and express their divinity. May you know the bliss of the divine.
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If you are willing, I am available in ways beyond your logical understanding.Willingness
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I am not your destination, just an open doorway. A doorway to all that Adiyogi stands for – all his knowing and all the possibilitiesLord Shiva
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My biggest weakness is I love danger.
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In my experience, there is no past, there is no future. Everything simply is.
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I want every human being on the planet to blossom into a divine possibilityShort Possibility
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If for one moment you genuinely sit with me, you shall not be reborn.
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If you truly want to celebrate my birth and yours, you should make this yoga a living reality in your life and in the lives of others
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People are always looking for a "take away", there's nothing to take away, I will not give you any take away, if I give you take away you will either carry it on your head or you will reject it, both are no goodPeople
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I am Who I am because I never identified myself with anything, be it whether family, society, religion, politics. Whatever was happening around me- I was involved with everything, but never really identified with anythingInvolvement
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I know the structure of human mind entirely, otherwise I won't be who I am.
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The only problem I have with people is they lack the needed intensity. If they were intense enough, this day, my work would be done.
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My whole life is about making the mystical simple.
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Questioner: Are there ghosts? Sadhguru: You're a ghost with a body. Why are you so prejudiced against those who have lost their bodiesFunny
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My work is to bring clarity. Once you clearly see that the whole universe is one, everything ...will change
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If you knew the true nature of your existence, you could play the drama of life whichever way you want
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If you are willing, if you keep yourself as an open door, every moment of your life I will be with you
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How much prejudice towards the very womb that bears us. Though there are claims of men being born without a father, There is no instance of a birth without a Mother. No society can Exist or Flourish without Empowering the FemininePoetry
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It is the dream of every enlightened being that every human being and every other creature live in a consecrated space
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This life for me is an endeavor to help people to manifest their divinity. I want to see that every simple act you perform whether, at home, office, or street should become an expression of your unbounded nature.
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Anyone who comes into the sphere of the Dhyanalinga cannot escape the sowing of the spiritual seed of liberation. This is my Guru’s dream and Grace. May you know the bliss of the Divine
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I don’t see individual human beings. I don’t see individual things. I see the same divinity everywhere.
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When you go into a terrain which is unfamiliar to you, it’s best to go with someone who has already walked the terrain.Guru
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When it comes to life, fundamental life, I am an absolute authoritarianLife
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Velliangiri's lap has been more than my mother's for many lives has kept me nurtured and above all focused upon my master's will.
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I am somebody who always avoided learning the Sanskrit language. Though I like the language very much and I know the depth of the language, I avoided learning it because the moment you learn Sanskrit, you will invariably end up reading the scriptures
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It is my dream someday that the world, humanity, should live in consecrated spaces. Your home should be consecrated, your street Wherever you spend time, those spaces must be consecrated; Your evolution need not stick to Darwinian scale; you can simply leapfrog and go if you live in a consecrated space.
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I am not against wealth. I am not against comfort. I am against stagnation, because if you stagnate, you are only half alive
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Look at my eyes, I'm stoned, never touched the substance but fully stoned all the time, I want you to understand that the greatest chemical factory on the planet is here (the human body), if you are a good manager of this, you can create any experience from within
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[Sadhguru on his political inclination] It takes two wings to fly. I have both the wings, I flap as it is necessary
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What will I do with a billion dollars? My interest is seven billion people
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I’m not trying to give answers. I want you to deepen your questions in such a way that truth becomes the only authority in your life.
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I'm destined to die as a big failure, I know I will die a failure, but a blissful failure because whether I succeed or fail does not decide the quality of my life
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A Guru is a doorway to the Beyond. The Guru is only important because what is beyond him is important
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I have never done any action for satisfaction. Everything I have done is an expression of my blissfulness and my love for what is around me.
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My only intention is that you blossom into a full-fledged life, because that's all life is about.
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When the entire population of the world attains enlightenment, I'll retire and play golf every day
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When I speak, I am not giving a teaching. I am only making people thirsty to know.
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You want to explore not the flesh of life – you want to get to the bones of life, then you must come (to Sadhguru).
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I’m here to serve life. I don’t have a mission of my own.
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If you drop your nonsense, I can make you drip with ecstasy.
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[About his Mission] I just want to live in a wonderful world, not with miserable people, so I'm trying to add some company
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Lack of fire of life is slow suicide. I am always for speed and efficiency on all fronts of life.
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Two ways to look at a birthday - “I'm getting old, time to slow down” or “time is running out, have to speed up.” I want to use the throttle not the brake. What about you?
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I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?
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I started practicing yoga for all the wrong reasons but it still worked. This is the nature of the existence - if you do the right thing, right things will happen to you
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People try handling issues outside but they themselves are an issue. I ensured I'm not an issue in my life or anyone else's
Expand ⇕
Exuberance of life, Neither has age nor time, In savoring a slice of life, there is divine delight
Expand ⇕
I am not interested in you seeking God. I am interested in you becoming godlike.
Expand ⇕
A conch shell has risen from the ocean, Will you heed my call to awaken? If for convenience you choose not to be shaken, Oceans will rise and you shall be forsaken
Expand ⇕
Mirrors cannot lie, Now, now don't you howl, Have the wisdom of the owl, He sees more - that is how.
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I don't want a possibility to remain a possibility. I want it to become a reality. If everybody is committed, it is not far away at all.
Expand ⇕
Whatever temples and places may be there in the world - and I have been to many truly sacred places and seen many powerful beings - when I bow down to them I am genuine, but I bow down to them a little less than I would bow down to my Guru, always. When I bow down to Kailash, I bow down to it the same way I would bow down to my Guru
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If your ignorance doesn't make you suffer, then what's the use of me? It takes a lot to come out of the trap of ignorance
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I heard people talking about stress management, I couldn't get it. In my understanding, we only manage things that are precious to us, we manage our family, money, businesses.. it took me a while to understand that people have made a conclusion that stress is a part of their lives
Expand ⇕
[About seeing Yoga used as a treatment for physical problems] A man who knows what it means to fly will cry when he sees an Airplane with chopped out wings
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I’m not dedicated to your comfort. I’m dedicated to you breaking barriers within yourself
Expand ⇕
Most people are trying to make the simplest aspects of life mystical. My effort is to make even the mystical simple & available to all
Expand ⇕
My mother set the ambiance for me, without which I would not be what I am. Motherhood is not of biology but of unconditional Inclusion
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Eighty years after I leave physically, I will still be around. That is to ensure that everyone who was in some way touched by me is cleaned up from the planet before I leave completely
Expand ⇕
My work is not with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, or anyone else. My work is with human beings, wherever they are
Expand ⇕
My Poetry is not by intent but a natural consequence of the way I am. I am like a dry stick of logic with an effusion of flowering
Expand ⇕
In the coming year, may you know the immense fulfillment of touching people’s lives in the deepest way. May you also know most profound moments of Stillness and Insight of the within
Expand ⇕
I am not a devotee of Shiva. I never worshiped him. But he invaded me & became my life breath. There is no way I can shake him off
Expand ⇕
People think that yoga means that you’re not interested in life. I’m doing everything possible to change this perception.
Expand ⇕
My effort is to marry science and politics. Only then true action can take place
Expand ⇕
If you want to enjoy this life, I will teach you a way to be super intoxicated, at the same time super alert.
Expand ⇕
For me, the biggest thing is living in crystal clarity. Clarity can be intoxicating
Expand ⇕
I am not interested in a god that lives in heaven. If he is willing to live here, I am interested
Expand ⇕
Holding on to my breath only to bring the Grace, knowledge, energy and Enlightenment of Adiyogi to all
Expand ⇕
Every aspect of my life is soaked in Devotion. Devotion not for a God above, but for all that is around me
Expand ⇕
If I were a moral teacher, I would try to change you. Because I am a Guru, I do not try to change you.
Expand ⇕
People think “intimacy” means two bodies must be rubbing. Skin is the outermost cover of who you are. How can that be intimate? I hold relationships with people where my life energy reverberates with their life energy. That's really intimate.
Expand ⇕
I barely belong to this world, but still I'm participating.
Expand ⇕
Life is very simple for me. What I know, I know perfectly well. What I do not know, I just do not know - I don't do any guess work.
Expand ⇕
Everything is up for sale, In this crumbling dale, Not just the king of the jungle, Even the ancient crown did crumble
Expand ⇕
The sacred wheel, Has lost its axle, You and me have to toil, Before we meet the soil
Expand ⇕
I want India to be a country of wellbeing, where our standards of wellbeing are different from just a vulgar sense of wealth and conquest.
Expand ⇕
It would be good if every day before you eat, you sit in front of your food, take a minute's break and think of all the people who are not eating that day, and then eat
Expand ⇕
It is my wish and blessing that you should know the joy of being truly well, not just physical wellbeing, but to know and exude wellbeing in all dimensions of your existence.
Expand ⇕
This life for me is an endeavor to help people experience and express their divinity. May you know the bliss of the divine.
Expand ⇕
I am not your destination, just an open doorway. A doorway to all that Adiyogi stands for – all his knowing and all the possibilities
Expand ⇕
My biggest weakness is I love danger.
Expand ⇕
In my experience, there is no past, there is no future. Everything simply is.
Expand ⇕
I want every human being on the planet to blossom into a divine possibility
Expand ⇕
If for one moment you genuinely sit with me, you shall not be reborn.
Expand ⇕
If you truly want to celebrate my birth and yours, you should make this yoga a living reality in your life and in the lives of others
Expand ⇕
People are always looking for a "take away", there's nothing to take away, I will not give you any take away, if I give you take away you will either carry it on your head or you will reject it, both are no good
Expand ⇕
I am Who I am because I never identified myself with anything, be it whether family, society, religion, politics. Whatever was happening around me- I was involved with everything, but never really identified with anything
Expand ⇕
I know the structure of human mind entirely, otherwise I won't be who I am.
Expand ⇕
The only problem I have with people is they lack the needed intensity. If they were intense enough, this day, my work would be done.
Expand ⇕
My whole life is about making the mystical simple.
Expand ⇕
Questioner: Are there ghosts? Sadhguru: You're a ghost with a body. Why are you so prejudiced against those who have lost their bodies
Expand ⇕
My work is to bring clarity. Once you clearly see that the whole universe is one, everything ...will change
Expand ⇕
If you knew the true nature of your existence, you could play the drama of life whichever way you want
Expand ⇕
If you are willing, if you keep yourself as an open door, every moment of your life I will be with you
Expand ⇕
How much prejudice towards the very womb that bears us. Though there are claims of men being born without a father, There is no instance of a birth without a Mother. No society can Exist or Flourish without Empowering the Feminine
Expand ⇕
It is the dream of every enlightened being that every human being and every other creature live in a consecrated space
Expand ⇕
This life for me is an endeavor to help people to manifest their divinity. I want to see that every simple act you perform whether, at home, office, or street should become an expression of your unbounded nature.
Expand ⇕
A world full of Love, Light, and laughter- its time has come. Let us make it happen
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Anyone who comes into the sphere of the Dhyanalinga cannot escape the sowing of the spiritual seed of liberation. This is my Guru’s dream and Grace. May you know the bliss of the Divine
Expand ⇕
I don’t see individual human beings. I don’t see individual things. I see the same divinity everywhere.
Expand ⇕
When you go into a terrain which is unfamiliar to you, it’s best to go with someone who has already walked the terrain.
Expand ⇕
Velliangiri's lap has been more than my mother's for many lives has kept me nurtured and above all focused upon my master's will.
Expand ⇕
I am somebody who always avoided learning the Sanskrit language. Though I like the language very much and I know the depth of the language, I avoided learning it because the moment you learn Sanskrit, you will invariably end up reading the scriptures
Expand ⇕
It is my dream someday that the world, humanity, should live in consecrated spaces. Your home should be consecrated, your street Wherever you spend time, those spaces must be consecrated; Your evolution need not stick to Darwinian scale; you can simply leapfrog and go if you live in a consecrated space.
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