Understanding quotes by Sadhguru
A peaceful being does not mean a passive being. Especially the youth of the world tend to understand peace as passivity, and violence as action. That's not true. You can be very peaceful within yourself and still do whatever is needed. In fact, whatever is needed can be done well only if you are peaceful within yourself
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To make a simple physical act beautiful, we have invented all kinds of decorations around it. Without those decorations most people would be unwilling to get into the physical act. Lot of people cannot simply face the basic physical act as it is, unless it is decorated they will feel it is obscene, they'll feel it is basic - which is a fact
Love Nature Relationship Truth
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You are just a speck of dust in the universe. If you understand the context of your existence, you will naturally become silent.
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What is human is not a fixed state, it is a possibility, if this possibility has to be made use of, there is a whole system of understanding that needs to happen, understanding the mechanics of how this whole system of human being works, this mechanics, this technology, this science is called Yoga
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It’s important we understand that if we make this (oneself) piece of life a pleasant piece of life, this is the fundamental thing – if you do this, after that you decide whether you need marriage, you don’t need marriage, you need children, you don’t need children, all these things you decide later. When this is miserable, you have no business to
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Your life & the experience of your life is entirely your making, if this one thing doesn't sink into you absolutely (you won't change), the moment you see it, you have the ability to change
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You’re looking at love as something that comes to you or you yield to the process of love, only because you appreciate a particular quality– a shape of somebody’s nose, their mind , thought, emotion, the way they speak, the way they do things. It is based on something that is acceptable to you. If they do something that isn't acceptable to you, love
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Never form an opinion on anyone. How they are in this moment is all that matters. How they are tomorrow, let us see. Tomorrow must be created, not concretized right now
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Prayer means you are trying to tell God what to do. Meditation means you understand your limitations and shut up
God Meditation Spirituality Limitation
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When people live together without understanding each other, their survival instinct turns everything into a fight
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Unfortunately, people consider Economy as today’s & Ecology as tomorrow’s issue. But time to understand that ecology is today's issue. The enormity and urgency of ecological issues cannot be ignored
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Life + Understanding quotes ⇑
Life Quotes
Using people and loving things. This is a complete misunderstanding of life. Things are for use. People are for love
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You are going about life as if whatever you are doing is the be-all and end-all of life. The moment you pay a little attention, you understand “This is not it.”
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Life is not always a straight line; you have to do many things to keep it going. If you forsake your understanding, your capability will be lost. Whether it's a question of personal relationships or professional management, in both places you need understanding; otherwise, you won't have fruitful relationships.
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Who you are is your making. Once you understand this, at least you must make yourself to your own liking
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Right now our understanding of science is too rudimentary. It is only to use everything, not to enhance life, only to use life.
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If you want to become conscious that this body is mortal, the first thing is to step out of protected atmospheres, so that the body feels and understands that it has to go at some point
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Experience will transform your life. Understanding comes in only if you want to transform others' lives
Life Experience Transformation
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The less you understand life, the more you think it is accidental. Life is not accidental - everything happens between cause & effect
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Everything that this life is, is naturally happening to a certain law, if you understand, if you perceive and if you know what is the nature of life within you, you can take charge of it completely the way it happens
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Mysticism is the mechanics of life. And the more you understand the mechanics of life, the more you become the Master of your Destiny.
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The most sophisticated machine on this planet is this human mechanism. And if you understand what makes it tick, you can make it roar.
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The very way you think, feel and understand life is just the way you have assimilated inputs. We call this karma
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Don't you want to be the person who decides what happens in your life? If you do, you better include everything and everybody into your understanding. You should enhance your understanding to such a point that you can look beyond people's madness also.
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All understanding Quotes ⇑
To stand up and fight does not take much intelligence. To understand and give in takes a lot more intelligence
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If you are expecting the other one to understand and comply with you all the time while you don't understand the limitations, the possibilities, the needs and the capabilities of that person, then conflict is all that will happen
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once you have chosen market economy, you understand greed is the driving force. Now it is for the laws to manage the greed so that your greed benefits everybody else
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Your mind is working against you, simply because without understanding the fundamentals of what it is.
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what we need to understand is between a possibility and a reality there is a distance. Do you have the courage, the commitment and the conviction to walk the distance? That’s always the question
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It’s not compulsory for everybody to get married,I'm glad it is not necessary for everybody but if you get into it, especially if you get into children you must understand, it’s a minimum 10 year project whether you like it or you don’t like it. Otherwise you shouldn’t get into those projects, you don’t walk into a project, drop it half way & walk
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our education systems are such, we have glorified our thought to such a place, first to bring that down itself will take time. To make them understand the stupidity of their thought, it will take a whole lot of time. It doesn’t matter if I have read the libraries of the world, still it is too limited
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I do not understand why people want to control their minds. I want them to liberate their minds
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If you understand who you are on the cosmic scale, you will live gently. Let all that you touch be a blessing.
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If you're waiting for people to understand you and act, it is only a pipe dream; it's never going to happen
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Having the sense to do what you can, standing aside in what you cannot do, and being alert and present, are the essence of yoga
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Stretch this intellect to its limit, you will clearly realize with this you can survive, with this you can look smart in a tea party, with this you can make money, with this you can find a job, but with this you cannot grasp the Existence
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Whether it’s health or well-being, peace, love, joy, ecstasy, every human experience has a chemical basis to it and chemistry is not a basis. Chemistry is also a consequence of a different dimension of who you are
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If you say "I don't want something" only that will happen in your mind. If I say "Don't think about monkeys", only monkeys will come. Without understanding the fundamental nature of mind if you try to do something head on with it, you will go crazy
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Human mind is the most sophisticated machine in the planet, If you are going at it somehow, without understanding the basics, it works only sometimes
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If you understand what is the nature of this life, at least if you start seeking what is the nature of this life, from fanciful questions to real seeking will begin. Once seeking is genuine you will never be denied the truth, 100%, believe me
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You dismiss the whims of people's heart as dumb, if you also understand the so called smartness of the thought process and emotion is quite dumb, now it becomes easy to train people
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Being on the spiritual path means understanding that the source of your trouble and the source of your wellbeing are within you.
Spirituality Spiritual process Well being
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It is very important that everyone understands economic activity is towards our well-being. It is not a goal by itself
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We must understand that if we motivate ourselves or get motivated by somebody, there could always be somebody else who’ll demotivate us. If something flips us up, something can always flip us down
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You can only set a goal according to your present level of understanding and knowledge. You think you’ve reached a point where you know everything in the universe? So if you set a goal, what kind of goal will you set? A very meager goal
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Only if you have known sadness and pain, are you a mature person. Otherwise you will never understand what is happening with you, nor what is happening with anyone else around you
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We need to understand, the source of all our problems are within us. And if we want solutions, they are within us – nowhere else.
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It is important for leaders to understand that they have taken not just their own destiny but that of many other lives also into their hands which is a tremendous responsibility
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Every understanding is a misunderstanding, as it comes from limited perception, Hence those who seek the profound choose to withdraw
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Most people understand complexity as intelligence, if they make themselves difficult they are supposed
to be intelligent, making a simple thing difficult is not intelligence, making a very complex thing simple is intelligence
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If people flower within themselves, they clearly understand there is nothing here which is not connected to them
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If you were rooted like a tree, you would clearly understand you are part of the planet. Just because you are mobile, you lost that sense.
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As a leader, you build trust when you give yourself 100%, so that people understand with your every action, you stand for them.
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If you want to understand the potential of the mind, you need to bring balance & stability so your mind is on firm ground.
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If understanding is karma, not understanding is also karma. If we understand something, there is a benefit, and if we do not understand something, there is suffering. Both are karma.
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If you understand the geometry of this body, just learn to sit right, everything that you wish to perceive in the Existence can be perceived
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There is no need to look at life in terms of right and wrong. But you must understand that for every action, there is a consequence
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Death is the baseline of life. If you do not understand death, you will never know life, nor can you handle life.
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We need to understand that a human being is an enormous energy and tremendous potential. If he doesn't find expression to his energies and harness and direct them properly, he will invariably perform violent acts (Violence does not necessarily mean you go out and kill someone).
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The way you are right now, the very quality of your life is decided by the type of relationships you hold. You better make the needed effort to understand the people around you.
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I cannot understand why anybody wants to manage his stress. I can understand if you want to manage your business, your finances, your family, your property, whatever, but why would you want to manage stress? It took me a while to understand these people have come to the conclusion that if they do things in the world, they are bound to be stressful.
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