Synopsis: Good evening all of you. Guruji, I would like to know, you know, man is always craving for more and more. And not happy with all he gets. Of course, you just explained how happiness is an internal state of being. What would you tell the normal people as to how to get peace and happiness in their lives?

Synopsis: At the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore, near the samadhi of your wife is a photograph which sent shivers down my spine. The feelings are of sheer ecstasy in my interpretation. How does one achieve that level of ecstasy in life?

Synopsis: Your book ‘Mystics Musings’, which I read many years ago when I lost my younger brother. It was a great tragedy in the family and something that I was finding difficult to cope with. It gave me a great amount of courage and made me feel much better. Also it talked a lot about spirits, it talked a lot about life being a continuous process. In that, you write about...

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1. Do you get angry?
2. What's your shortcoming?
3. Do you feel lonely?
4. If you have to describe yourself in one word, what will that word be? Apart from mystic.

Synopsis: Information does not necessarily translate into knowledge. At all. And they always say this, that’s the way I am. I don’t see my grandfather, even at the age of 84, saying, that’s the way I am. So what is this ‘that’s the way I am’, ‘I’m bored’, ‘dude’, ‘cool’? I think that being bad is being cool. If you say, I’m a good man, he’s a boring...

Synopsis: I feel very proud to be an Indian. And I’m sure a lot of people feel. But corruption bothers me. And I’m sure you also spoke about it. Do you think spirituality can help get rid of corruption to some extent?

Synopsis: I have performed in this auditorium, it’s never been so full. So there has to be something in their belief in you which makes them look up at you. Why do they trust you? Why do they believe in you so much?

Synopsis: Do you believe that there’s a god?

Synopsis: Intriguing people make these great prophecies about the world coming to an end, etcetera. Will the world come to an end in 2012?

Synopsis: So Sadhguru, you said that we should not be the problem but a part of the solution. And I know that you are so committed and concerned about the rivers of our country. And you also basically try to engage the country, youth, various parts of the society. To really understand what this issue is, how successful have you been up to now in getting people to understand why...

Synopsis: Sadhguru, there is a growing concern that we have become an intolerant society. Have we really become intolerant?  

Synopsis: So then if peace is the basic requirement, what’s a better way of being? Ecstasy, ecstatic?  

Synopsis: This is not my time of the day. It’s really early in the morning, you know it’s my time to be plugged into the matrix, to be in the rat race, achieve, achieve, acquire, acquire. And then something happens to me after midnight, when the day is over I become very relaxed. And then I have these existential thoughts and I start thinking about other things. And this thing...

Synopsis: I feel a compulsion to entertain people. Does that make any sense to you?  

Synopsis: I feel technology is constantly evolving. And I have a feeling that mobile phones have really changed the way we are. You know it’s having a huge bearing on pretty much everything. It’s permeating everything. Social media, mobile phones, this kind of technology. Like sometimes I wonder, were human beings ever meant to communicate like this? Like I could be hanging...

Synopsis: So today we are here essentially to sense the future. Now what is this? Why have we given this title to this session? Sensing the future. Now I’ve heard you before, saying, the moment right now is eternity. This time travel, past, future, is all nothing. Everything is now.  

Synopsis: You mentioned success. You know, and everybody, you know I’ve noticed everybody is trying to define success. Along the way, I came across a meaning that I really liked. It was, success is the magnitude of the beneficial footprint that you can leave on the society, i like that definition. One of the definitions of success that I liked. But what is your take on this...

Synopsis: You thoroughly enjoyed watching the football. But what do you think about, what is your take on sports? It’s competition, it’s, isn’t it based on one-upmanship? Aren't you telling young kids that it’s about winning, you know? As a child, I didn’t get any kick from winning. It was very minimal for me. I used to really just enjoy playing cricket, playing football....

Synopsis: You went for the world cup?  

Synopsis: Do you dance?  

Transcript: Hey Sadhguru. My question is, so many times in society you are often told what should make you happy and in a way we are followers. I wanted to find out your opinion on what should make a person essentially happy. So what is it or what does it mean to be truly happy? Namaskaram Kagi. I was just telling them this is mango season in India and maybe in some parts of Africa also. Now when we go near a...

Transcript: I know you haven't seen any of my films, but do you have a favourite film? Oh. I've seen many good movies. At one time I saw a lot of them. I've not seen much of Indian cinema. But I saw lot of, you know, English cinema. But one movie that I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed at that time because on that day the way things happened. Many life situations fell together and everything. It was 'Roman Holiday'....

Transcript: One thing the world doesn't know about you. They don't know a thing about me. That's a fact. And the one thing you wish you could change about yourself. Oh, I never looked at that. I could speak Hindi. No, I'm sorry, Marathi. The one thing you wish you could change about the world. Oh, a lot of things. One. Human beings. Desperately in need of. So, what would you consider to be your greatest achievement?...

Transcript: In an imaginary, completely hypothetical situation, if you had a day off with no commitments, no responsibilities, what would you spend the day doing? Oh. A lot of things. This can't be one word. No, it's not one word. See, I have an indiscriminate sense of passion towards everything. There were lots and lots of things I did at one time, but these days time is not allowing me to do that. So, generally...

Transcript: What is the first thing you notice when you meet a person? Just everything. Everything? Everything. Past, present, and future. Is it more important to do what you love, or love what you're doing? One word or more? The choice is entirely yours. See, if you're an intelligent person, you will try to do what you love most. But if you're a genius, you will do just what is needed. If you could be invisible...

Transcript: Alright. Very simply, what is the one thing that is essential to living a balanced life? Sense. What is the one thing we must absolutely do away with in order to lead a balanced life? Senselessness. Alright. I thought that was coming. First thing that comes to your mind when I say the following, the first thing. Organized religion. Madness. Marriage. Cohabitation. Competition. Stupid. Money. Useful....

Synopsis: Shekhar kapoor asks Sadhguru - "One last question, because I know people will say - oh! why didn't you ask him about stress. And I would say, because I don't understand, I can not define stress. There are a lot of things, and a lot of questions that people ask me, because they will know that I have been interviewing you is - I know that we get addicted to keywords - but is there a definition we can...

Synopsis: Mohit Chauhan asks - I grew up in the hills in Himachal Pradesh and I'm extremely attached to the mountains and the beauty and the silence that I found out there. And of course a lot of inspiration came to me from Mahadev and Music. Would love if you can shed some light on the connection between these three - Mahadev, Mountains and Music and their significance in our lives.  Sadhguru reveals...

Synopsis: Robin Uthappa asks - How do I keep fear out of my game?  Sadhguru tells us that fear is always about the next moment, so how does fear get into a game? Are you involved in the goal, or in the process? Listen on...