By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: Makar Sankranti is round the corner. “Makara” refers to the winter time or the time when the sun is at the lowest in the northern hemisphere. “Sankranti” suggests movement. We have moved from one phase on this planet to the next phase. In the yogic terminology, the time…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation A nation isn’t its land and buildings — it is its people. If we, as a nation, have to rise and become empowered, the first thing we need to do is to empower the people. Empowerment is not amassing of material wealth or technology. It is an entirely inner…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: People must decide whether freedom or bondage is the highest value in their life. The problem is that for most people, if they are free, they feel lost. For example, if they were in the empty space of the mountains with no one around them, they wouldn’t feel…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: You have no first-hand experience of death; you never met a dead person; nor did you at anytime see a dead person, you only saw dead bodies; you never met somebody who died and came back and who told you about their death. So you have not heard…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: The culture of celebrating Deepavali goes back 12,000 – 15,000 years. People realised how, during this time of the year, life hits a point of inertia and does not happen at the normal pace. For the northern hemisphere of the planet, due to the position of the sun,…
Sadhguru: Being mentally ill is not a joke. It is the most painful thing. If you have physical ailments, you will get everyone’s compassion, but when you have a mental ailment, you will get laughter, unfortunately. This is because it is very difficult to make out when somebody is sick and when somebody is being…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: People keep asking me to bless them that something that they want must happen in their life: “Sadhguru, please bless me, this should happen, that should happen.” I tell them, “My blessing is, may all your dreams not come true.” They get shocked — “Sadhguru, why?” I want…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Navaratri is about approaching life through the feminine nature of the Divine and nurturing reverence for all aspects of life and creation. The nine-day festival is classified according to the three basic qualities of existence — tamas, rajas and sattva. The first three days are tamas or inertia, where…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: Youth is life that is still in the making. It is still in a state where it is not too conceited and lost. Youth is a life that suggests hope, seeking and the longing to know the truth about life. The word “truth” has been used in many…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Begging in India was a part of the spiritual tradition. One aspect of this was, you did not select your food, you begged and ate whatever people gave you. It was considered a great privilege when a person on the spiritual path stood in front of your house and…
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