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The importance of food | Sadhguru at Columbia University | #6
Synopsis: You cook yourself. I believe Isha has also published a cookbook. Can you talk a little bit about food from the yogic diet perspective? Or what are things that we should be actively doing on a daily basis when it comes to food? What are tenants of the diet that we should be looking at? And, if you have a favourite recipe.
Synopsis: You cook yourself. I believe Isha has also published a cookbook. Can...
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January 7, 2021
Is being ecstatic the best way of being? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Ranveer Singh | #9
Synopsis: So then if peace is the basic requirement, what’s a better way of being? Ecstasy, ecstatic?
Synopsis: So then if peace is the basic requirement, what’s a better way of being?...
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January 6, 2021
How does one find their values? | Sadhguru at University of Michigan | #7
Synopsis: How does one truly find their values, and then eventually stick by their values? Or should they even be sticking by those values that they find throughout their life?
Synopsis: How does one truly find their values, and then eventually stick by their...
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January 4, 2021
How do we balance between the present and future? | Sadhguru at University of Michigan | #6
Synopsis: So in working towards our ambitions, we sometimes forget to enjoy the present, experience life as it is. And we strive towards making a beautiful future. Now how do you recommend that we think about balancing the two? That is, enjoying the present versus working towards a future.
Synopsis: So in working towards our ambitions, we sometimes forget to enjoy the...
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January 4, 2021
How should we adapt to the changes in the world? | Sadhguru at University of Michigan | #1
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Synopsis: In the past couple of years we’ve seen that change is coming in multiple...
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January 4, 2021
How much time do we really have? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #10
Synopsis: Sadhguru, my question is about boundlessness. Earlier today you mentioned that there is something within us that is seeking to express in different ways and it comes as different forms. Every morning when I get up, there are always two voices at least, and while I know that, I’m sorry. One of the things that you said is, ultimately you’ll have to come to yoga because...
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Synopsis: Sadhguru, my question is about boundlessness. Earlier today you mentioned...
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January 2, 2021
Sadhguru, what was your first impression of Australia? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #6
Synopsis: Tell me, you also mentioned that your first visit here, your trip to Australia. And, my first impression of India was that there are a lot of people. And there’s also, in India because there are so many people, there is so much energy. Human energy. Chances are, that if you’re having a bad day, it’s like the whole India is having a bad day. Because there is so...
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Synopsis: Tell me, you also mentioned that your first visit here, your trip to...
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January 2, 2021
Should happiness be given more importance than any other emotion? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #15
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Synopsis: You were talking about how important happiness is. And to be happy, so...
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January 1, 2021
How are we expected to live a simple life with such a complex body? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #8
Synopsis: Human body is made up of an unimaginable number of atoms, particles, and molecules. And, even the mind is really very complicated. With these two complicated instruments, how is one expected to live a simple life?
Synopsis: Human body is made up of an unimaginable number of atoms, particles,...
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January 1, 2021
How do we make time for yoga? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #6
Synopsis: Sadhguru, a lot of us youth, how do we make time for it? How do we make time to do sadhana? Because, we’re so tied up. We probably stay up a little late completing projects and assignments. Not just the youth, a lot of the seniors also. They probably stay up till 12 O’clock, 1 O’clock and then wake up again by 6 O’clock in the morning, and then rush to their...
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Synopsis: Sadhguru, a lot of us youth, how do we make time for it? How do we make...
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January 1, 2021
Don’t protect the environment – protect yourself
Transcript: The idea that we need to protect this planet itself is a convoluted idea. Because it is not because of us that the planet is there, it is because of the planet we are there. Even to think, me and the planet, is a completely wrong notion because what you call as myself, the physical presence of who you are, is just an outcrop of this planet. Whatever you experience as a part of yourself, with that,...
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Transcript: The idea that we need to protect this planet itself is a convoluted idea. Because it is not because of...
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December 15, 2020
Is culture still relevant in the modern hyper-connected world?
Transcript: Truth is a natural happening. If you invent it, that's called a lie. Truth is not something that you invent, truth is something that you realize. Lie is something that you invent. So you don't have to say truthfully, naturally, what is natural is truth. So should one follow the precepts of the past or should one come to something new? There should not be a compulsion about breaking the rules of the...
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Transcript: Truth is a natural happening. If you invent it, that's called a lie. Truth is not something that you...
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December 12, 2020
The significance of dancing and singing
Transcript: So in terms of dance, see, I must tell you this. We come from a culture where all our gods dance. Everywhere else god is a serious guy, a very serious guy. But in India, if he doesn't dance, we won't treat him as a god. All Indian gods, male and female, always dance because if they can't dance, he can't be god. Because dance essentially means that life is happening, see dancing in a particular style...
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Transcript: So in terms of dance, see, I must tell you this. We come from a culture where all our gods dance. Everywhere...
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December 1, 2020
Was the 60s Hippie movement spiritual?
Transcript: This 60s business. The beauty about this is, a whole generation, at least a part of the generation, realized the existing society here, whatever they're talking about, they knew nothing. Stupid people talking all kinds of nonsense with great confidence. Not just about the world, about the other world, and the heaven, and the hierarchy in the heaven, everything they're talking but they don't know a...
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Transcript: This 60s business. The beauty about this is, a whole generation, at least a part of the generation, realized...
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November 14, 2020
Benefits of applying Red Kumkum
Transcript: So you need to understand what's colour, first of all. The colour of any substance is not because of what it is. It is what it rejects, or what it gives away, or what it reflects. Something looks red not because it's red. Because of the seven colors, that the white light contains, it holds back everything and reflects red. So it looks red. So red does not mean it is red. Red means it is not red. Do...
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Transcript: So you need to understand what's colour, first of all. The colour of any substance is not because of...
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November 12, 2020
Sexuality – No need to brush it under the carpet
Transcript: See, we have a biology, we cannot put it under the carpet. It's there. It's best we address it for what it is. But right now the problem in the world is, because certain religious institutions in the world took this attitude, that the very biology of the human being is wrong. Because of this, culture started hiding it under the carpet. Well in this culture we never had it, but after the British came...
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Transcript: See, we have a biology, we cannot put it under the carpet. It's there. It's best we address it for what...
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November 11, 2020
Boost your immunity | Do this once every three days
Transcript: Most people develop relationship with the soil only after they die. But it's very important to develop relationship with the soil when you're alive. I would say especially now, with this virus around, believe me, those of you who are in some way in contact with the soil. Here we call this prithvi prema seva, that means getting involved with the soil in a very loving manner. Well, your ability to live,...
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Transcript: Most people develop relationship with the soil only after they die. But it's very important to develop...
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October 30, 2020
How to sense the energy in your house? How to energize your house?
Transcript: So the punya puja is to enliven the house. The space in the house should become alive. If you have lived in such a way in your home, that every moment your own, with love and light within you, then no punya puja would be needed. But today you have built homes which are so large. It's very difficult to make them alive, just by living. If you just had a one-room house and you lived in great sense of...
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Transcript: So the punya puja is to enliven the house. The space in the house should become alive. If you have lived...
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October 24, 2020
What is youth without adventure?
Transcript: So, see, when we say adventure, you can have ventures in your life, or you can have adventure. Adventure means, you don't know where your next foot is going to be. That's adventure, that means there is danger. No danger, everything's safe, there is no adventure, isn't it? It's a venture. I'm not against ventures but you're talking about adventure that means you want to step into something that you...
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Transcript: So, see, when we say adventure, you can have ventures in your life, or you can have adventure. Adventure...
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October 20, 2020
Are Tattoos harmful?
Transcript: So Sadhguru, I love tattoos. I have a lot of tattoos. And I'm sure a lot of people in this room do. So, when I got my first tattoo, there was a lot of clash of opinions between me and my parents. We fought a lot. They were like, why did you get this? So my question to you is, is getting tattoos something which looks unprofessional? Or is it something which lacks gravitas? Or, why? Why is this clash...
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Transcript: So Sadhguru, I love tattoos. I have a lot of tattoos. And I'm sure a lot of people in this room do. So,...
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October 17, 2020
Does sexual indulgence restrict the secretion of Amruta?
Transcript: Yes and no. In the sense, it is not the sexuality which limits it. But it is the excessive identity with the physicality, which limits it. So, it is not sexuality per say which becomes the barrier, but the attachment it creates to the physicality, which definitely becomes the barrier. This question is coming from certain amount of bits and pieces, the gossip that you have heard about how you could...
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Transcript: Yes and no. In the sense, it is not the sexuality which limits it. But it is the excessive identity with...
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October 16, 2020
Go here for your next vacation – especially if you have children
Transcript: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone will not ting ting. Quietly if you can listen to the sound of the trees, the breeze, the water. Just the natural sounds. If you pay enough attention, tremendous things will happen to you. Many times I've been in the South Indian, you know, their kind of tropical rainforests. The longest I've been there, through the jungle,...
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Transcript: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone will not ting ting....
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September 21, 2020
The only real solution to phone addiction
Transcript: So, technology is not to be blamed. We have not addressed human compulsive nature. Human compulsiveness can only be addressed with consciousness. More conscious way of existing. To become conscious, there are many tools. We have not propogated this large scale in our society. It has to become a part of our existence. At a very early age, children should learn to live consciously. Once they are conscious,...
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Transcript: So, technology is not to be blamed. We have not addressed human compulsive nature. Human compulsiveness...
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September 8, 2020
Sleep Tips – How to sleep right? How much to sleep and in which direction?
Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I want to know the truth about sleeping right. Whether the duration, or the direction. What is the science behind it? Namaskaram Viru. About sleep. Sleep is a state of restfulness. Most human beings know sleep as the deepest state of restfulness. But it need not be so. There are yogic processes where far deeper states of restfulness can be achieved by dropping the metabolic activity...
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Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I want to know the truth about sleeping right. Whether the duration, or the direction....
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September 3, 2020
Why are more youngsters taking to intoxication?
Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I'd like to know the truth about the increase in alcohol usage and addiction in my generation, younger generation. Very young kids, kids in school are starting to use substances, and as a safe haven, as an escape for them. And that feels very scary and dangerous. I want to know why you think kids are using this and I want to know what you think is the best way, most organic way...
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Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I'd like to know the truth about the increase in alcohol usage and addiction in...
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September 2, 2020
How do you take care of yourself when you are usually the one taking care of others? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #2
Synopsis: So Sadhguru, a lot of our students take leadership roles at school. A lot of them are just good friends, and are part of families where problems do exist. And they take the caretaker role a lot. So, what they’ve asked is, how do you take care of yourself when you are usually the one taking care of others?
Synopsis: So Sadhguru, a lot of our students take leadership roles at school. A...
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August 26, 2020
How do we counter-balance the power of social structures put on by popular culture? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #12
Synopsis: How do we counter-balance the power of social structures put on by popular culture? It feels like it sometimes holds youth in ignorance and has them carry out a sweet perception of self-worth. And can also lead people to destructive behaviours, drugs, and alcohol, because it’s ‘cool’. This is the most common thing amongst us young people. Marijuana, alcohol, bad...
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Synopsis: How do we counter-balance the power of social structures put on by popular...
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August 26, 2020
Should Marijuana be legal?
Transcript: Is it true that this human mechanism is the most sophisticated chemical factory on the planet? So if you know how to manage this well, you can produce what you want in this. Anyway, there was an Israeli scientist. He was doing research on cannabis, and its impact on the neurological system. In about 4.5 years, he came up with this. He said, there are millions of cannabis receptors in our brain. But...
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Transcript: Is it true that this human mechanism is the most sophisticated chemical factory on the planet? So if...
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August 20, 2020
Lifestyle Tip – Is it better to stay up late or get up early?
Transcript: There are three types of people who do not sleep in the night. A rogue will not sleep in the night. A rogue means a sick person because he cannot sleep. A bogie will not sleep in the night. A pleasure seeker will not sleep in the night because night is conducive for him, for his kind of business. A yogi also will not sleep in the night because for him also night is very conducive. Which one are you,...
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Transcript: There are three types of people who do not sleep in the night. A rogue will not sleep in the night. A...
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August 13, 2020
The way you sit can alter the way you think | Why does Sadhguru sit this way
Transcript: There are many aspects to it. One simple aspect is, the left heel. The left heel is, there is a point on the left heel that today the medical sciences are calling it as the Achilles. You heard of that? You heard of the man? Achilles? You heard of the man? You saw the movie? You didn't see the movie? Troy? You didn't see? Innocent boy. So you put your Achilles to what is called as Muladhara or the perinium...
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Transcript: There are many aspects to it. One simple aspect is, the left heel. The left heel is, there is a point...
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July 29, 2020
Your lifestyle should enhance you and not entangle you
Transcript: It depends how you describe simple life. If you think being a simpleton is simple life, I don't recommend that. But simple life, generally meant that the arrangements that you make around your life are simple. So that it doesn't entangle you, it only supports you. A spider webs a web for other things to be caught. But if you're that kind of a spider, you build a web in which you're caught, you're a...
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Transcript: It depends how you describe simple life. If you think being a simpleton is simple life, I don't recommend...
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July 25, 2020
How to reduce your sleep quota
Transcript: See, sleep is not a requirement in one's life. What the body requires is rest. Sleep is just one form of rest. Lot of people are beginning to think, in Tamil Nadu if somebody says rest, means they are sleeping. Need not be. You can sit and rest, isn't it? Yes? You can stand and also rest. You're running, if you stand, doesn't it feel like rest? You're standing, if you sit down, doesn't it feel like...
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Transcript: See, sleep is not a requirement in one's life. What the body requires is rest. Sleep is just one form...
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July 6, 2020
Is technology a boon or a curse for the youth?
Transcript: Technology is a great facilitator. It can never be against us, if it is in the right hands. So what we need to train is the hands that use it. Not to tame the technology, let the technology go unbridled. It's we human beings who have to know how much of what to do. For this we need a conscious approach to life. Not just with the use of technology but with every aspect of life. How we breathe, how we...
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Transcript: Technology is a great facilitator. It can never be against us, if it is in the right hands. So what we...
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July 5, 2020
Simple lifestyle changes can take care of 70% of ailments
Synopsis: During the in-conversation event with Dr Devi Shetty, Sadhguru tells us that for health to happen, more than the healthcare system, the most important thing is to bring a culture of health. Right now, in terms of lifestyle, everyone is following the US. And that lifestyle is leading to many ailments. Sadhguru says that 70% of ailments can be handled by better lifestyle. These things are built into...
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Synopsis: During the in-conversation event with Dr Devi Shetty, Sadhguru tells us that for health to happen, more...
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June 20, 2020
Simple tips to sleep better
Transcript: So before you go to bed in the night, there are certain things that you need to take care of. It's best if you are eating meat and other kinds of meals, you eat at least 3-4 hours before you go to bed. The digestion is over. Before going to bed, drink a certain amount of water and go to bed. You will see, it gets taken care of just like this. One simple thing can be, just a shower. Always to shower...
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Transcript: So before you go to bed in the night, there are certain things that you need to take care of. It's best...
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June 18, 2020
Stop doing this in the morning | Two simple tips to wake up well
Transcript: So what kind of sounds you come awake to will determine the context of the day and the future of your life in many ways. So coming awake to an alarm bell with a certain start is not the best way to do your life. It is best that if you need a certain amount of sleep. If your body right now, because of the kind of food that you consume and the kind of thoughts and emotions that you process within yourself,...
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Transcript: So what kind of sounds you come awake to will determine the context of the day and the future of your...
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June 15, 2020
The temperature at which you drink water has an impact on you
Transcript: In America everybody drinks water with ¾ of the tumbler being full with ice cubes. Now what I say will be unpopular. In the yogic culture, if you are a yogi, if you are on the path of inner transformation, if you want to transform your system to another dimension of possibility then you drink water only which is within 4 degrees variation, upward and downward. That is, your normal body temperature...
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Transcript: In America everybody drinks water with ¾ of the tumbler being full with ice cubes. Now what I say will...
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June 3, 2020
How to avoid the suede seduction of doing drugs and alcohol – it’s so “cool”
Synopsis: As part of the Youth & Truth series of conversation, a student at the University of Toronto asks Sadhguru, "How do we counterbalance the power of social structures put on by popular culture. It feels like it sometimes holds youth in ignorance and has them carry out a suede perception of self-worth, and can also lead people to destructive behaviors, like drugs and alcohol because its so "cool"....
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Synopsis: As part of the Youth & Truth series of conversation, a student at the University of Toronto asks...
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March 11, 2020
Is killing animals for food morally right?
Synopsis: Is killing animals for meat unethical? But even plants have life, so is killing them for food ok? In this insightful talk, Sadhguru shares his views on whether non vegetarian food is akin to cruelty and violence and morally wrong?
Synopsis: Is killing animals for meat unethical? But even plants have life, so is killing them for food ok? In...
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October 16, 2019
Is your Clothing killing You?
Synopsis: Synthetic fibre has become the largest pollutant on planet and posing serious threats to both human health and ecology. The micro fibres in sythentic clothing is entering your body causing serious damage to the system. While talking to Imran Amed (CEO and Founder of Business of Fashion) during NY Fashion Week 2019, Sadhguru explains why moving to natural fibre is essential for human well being.
Synopsis: Synthetic fibre has become the largest pollutant on planet and posing serious threats to both human health...
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August 6, 2019
Is It Alright To Masturbate?
Synopsis: Is it alright to Masturbate ? Is it harmful and reduces once capability as a human being? This question bothers many a Youths and during a Youth and Truth session at JNU, New Delhi, Sadhguru gives a straight answer bringing his insight and Yogic Wisdom to help guide the Youths.
Synopsis: Is it alright to Masturbate ? Is it harmful and reduces once capability as a human being? This question...
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November 30, 2018
Is technology modern life slavery?
Synopsis: During an interaction in the middle east, the interviewer asks Sadhguru - "In era of democratization of technology, innovation, smart phone, internet, social media - we are becoming more and more dependent on all of those tools - I am one of them. They are as important today as food, as water, as breath, as air - I am sorry for the question - are we as human being becoming stupid? Are we slave? Isn't...
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Synopsis: During an interaction in the middle east, the interviewer asks Sadhguru - "In era of democratization...
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July 12, 2018
How to save yourself from cancer?
Synopsis: During a talk with famous bollywood celebrity Manisha Koirala, Sadhguru explains the physiology of how cancer develops in the human body and how Yogic sciences provide a very simple and effective remedy to prevent it.
Synopsis: During a talk with famous bollywood celebrity Manisha Koirala, Sadhguru explains the physiology of how...
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October 2, 2016
The right food to eat to keep you awake and alert
Sadhguru explains that our the building block for our body is the food that we consume. The food that we eat should depend on our activity. A laborer, an athlete, a spiritual seeker, a software engineer and a student - they should all choose certain kind of food suitable for their activity. Sadhguru says - "Ask the body – not your tongue – what kind of food it is most comfortable with." Sadhguru tells us that in yogic system, food is classified as tamas, rajas and sattva. In terms of quality of food, vegetarian food is better than non-vegetarian food. Sadhguru also explains that coffee and tea, being nervous stimulants, though will make you feel alert and awake initially - but they will dull your nervous system and make you insensitive. Just by eating the right food, one can remain healthy and altert!
September 27, 2020
10 Tips to Sleep Less
Everyone is curios to know what is the right amount of sleep for them and how can they reduce it? Sleep essentially is servicing time for the body when it gets rid of impurities. It is a maintenance and repair time for the damage that happens to the body because of daily living – on the cellular level, on the energy level, and in many different ways. Actually, the body does not sleep, it just needs 'rest' to repair itself, but since for most of us, the only restful state we know is 'sleep' we think of sleep as an essential aspect of living. How much maintenance downtime you need simply depends on how much repair work is to be done. In this articles, Sadhguru explains the mechanics of sleep in detail and provides simple tips on how to reduce your sleep quota and how certain meditative practices like 'Shoonya' let you achieve the benefit of 3-4 hours of sleep in just 15-20 minutes.....
August 28, 2020
Health Benefits of Fasting
The medical science today is realizing the health benefits of fasting - something which was always know and practiced in Indian Yogic culture. Many Indian rituals and religious practices were built around this to spread this knowledge. There are days when human body does not need food - if one is conscious and has developed necessary awareness of how human body functions, one will know the days when body is telling you - it does not need food. It wants to cleanse itself, repair and maintain itself and remove toxins - but we don't allow that to happen by constantly stuffing food. Fasting is a great way to rejuvenate the body, improve health and cure many a diseases. But there is certain way of doing fasting otherwise it could do more harm. Find out more as Sadhguru explains the benefits of fasting.
July 23, 2020
What Is The Right Intermittent Fasting Plan?
Sadhguru says - "Your body and your brain work at their best only when your stomach is empty". One of the reasons why people have so much inertia is that they are eating more than what is needed. Sadhguru suggests - "If you are over 30 years of age, two good meals a day will suffice – one in the morning and one in the evening. There must be three hours after the evening meal, before you go to bed". If you ensure that there is a minimum eight hour gap between two meals, you will see that in six weeks time, almost 50% of your health problems will go away!
March 19, 2020
How Can We End Violence?
Almost all aspects in our lives today have become violent. Today's movies, video games, most of the toys, our music, dance, the very culture is becoming violent. It is natural that it will come on the street. Sadhguru says - "because the violence is within the human being. That is the violence that needs to be attended to". If the enormous energy of a human being is not channelized, they will end up performing violent acts. This is the significance of yoga - through which individuals can learn to harness their energies to reach their ultimate potential. It is only through individual transformation that violence will end in the society.
December 24, 2019
Fruit Diet For a Healthy Body
The efficacy of any machine depends on how easily the fuel burns. For the human system, fruits are most easily digestible. It is best to eat locally produced seasonal fruits. Going on a fruit diet can make you very alive and active. Sadhguru says - "Whether you want to use your brainpower or be engaged in physical activity, fruit will work perfectly well". At least 30% of your diet should be fruits. And, if one goes on a total fruit diet, it is important to eat slowly, and consciously ensure that you ingest enough quantity.
December 20, 2019
Should Mothers Work & Pursue Careers?
If there is a financial requirement in the family, women should work and contribute to the needs of the family. However, if the need is because of social compulsions and not financial, then it's not needed that every woman should work. In the last 40-50 years this idea has come, that you are a real woman, only if you earn. This is borrowed from a man's mind and is not needed. Woman should see how to enhance the feminine. Sadhguru shares his experience of his mother, and how she made a difference in his family.
June 14, 2019
Why wearing natural fibre is essential for your wellbeing?
India once used to clothe the world and Indian textile was exported across the globe because of its quality, designs and organic nature. Unfortunately, it was systematically killed, both by intent and neglect. And the world today has moved to synthetic and its is estimated 98% of all fiber will be synthetic in near future. This is already causing disastrous ill affects and fatal health issues as the micro-poly fiber has entered the human food chain. Today, Fashion industry is the second largest pollutant on the planet. It is time to revive natural clothing and Indian weaving culture. Read Sadhguru's view on why wearing natural fiber is important and what can be done to bring back the golden era of Indian textile and weavers.
March 15, 2019
Six Key Lessons For The Youth
In this article, Sadhguru guides us on six key aspects, especially relevant for the Youth. How to use the social media? How to live life effortlessly? How to decide whom to vote for? What is an ideal educational system? As a lawyer, is it ok to defend someone who is guilty? How to make the right choices in life?
November 19, 2018
Nag Ashwin – Why More Youth Today Are Consuming Alcohol and Drugs?
The survival needs of people are now taken care of - so, naturally people will look elsewhere for involvement. If they don't find anything, they will move towards more pleasure and more intoxication. Another reason is that children are not getting enough attention because both parents are working. Also, this generation does not believe in 'heaven' - so 'morality' which used to work, will not work now. The solution is, to keep children involved in sports and activities that keep them engaged with nature. They must experience the pleasures of the mind, emotion and consciousness - once that happens, then indulging in pleasures of the body will come down. And children should not know affluence till a certain age.
September 23, 2018
Why Do Intelligent People Have No Fun?
You may think they are not enjoying life - because their ways of pleasure are different than yours! There are many different kinds of pleasures in life - of the body. mind, intelligence, emotions and consciousness. As a human being there is enormous intellect, and other dimensions of intelligence, emotion and consciousness. So, different people have different kinds of pleasures.
September 20, 2018
Ranveer Singh – How Do I Get Rid of My Phone Addiction?
Ranveer Singh: Sir, I feel technology is constantly evolving, and I have a feeling that mobile phones have really changed the way we are. They have a huge bearing on pretty much everything. I sometimes wonder whether human beings were ever meant to communicate like this. I could be hanging in a jungle in Africa talking to somebody who is at the North Pole. I can actually see their face! And with that, now comes along social media. It is really changing things. Kids who are eighteen, nineteen now are much more into it. They know how to use these things much better. I was born when there were still landlines, so FaceTime is still a trip for me. So what is your take on mobile phone technology and social media? Is it the new evolution, like this is what human beings were, and now we have a cell phone and that is the extension of us?
August 24, 2018
How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?
Body needs restfulness and not sleep. When there is residual stress in the physical body, it falls asleep. There is no need to promote sleeping for certain specific amount of time. Sadhguru says - "There is no need to fix how many hours to sleep. When you feel sufficiently relaxed, you must come awake. If the body and mind is kept in a certain level of alertness and awareness, you will see once it is well-rested, it is eager to come to life".
November 17, 2017
What Does It Take To Live Better?
Living better is not about what you possess, but about how you are. Sadhguru says - "You can have a thousand things and be confused about what to wear or use today. Or, even if you have just one thing or nothing, you can be blissed out within yourself. Which is a better way to live?"
October 20, 2017
You Should Only Eat Locally Grown Food
All life, including the human system at a deeper level, is impacted by the location. So, being in different parts of the world, will make the body competent in different ways. In India for e.g., it largely makes people inward focused. In terms of food, Sadhguru says - "In yoga, the prescription for eating food is the distance a man can walk in a day". So, you should eat from within this radius. The body will work best of the food you consume comes from the area you live in.
October 6, 2017
How To Get Rid of Mobile Addiction?
Sadhguru says - "The purpose of empowering ourselves technologically is to make our activities easier and to enhance our lives". We should enjoy these conveniences, and not make them an issue. It will become a problem if you handle it without consciousness. If you are conscious, then you can switch it off when you don't need. Sadhguru says - "The world will go on just fine without your interference. You will realize this if you switch off your phone now. If you realize it now, you will do many things more sensibly".
June 9, 2017
What Is The Best Way To Wake Up?
It is very important to wake up to the right kind of sounds. Sadhguru tells us that in many ways, coming awake is like being reborn. So, the context you come out of sleep, will determine about the nature of how your day will go. Sadhguru says - "What kind of sounds you come awake to will determine the context of the day and the future of your life in many ways. Actually, to come awake to silence is the best thing to do, but if you have doubts whether you will come awake or not at the right time, then at least use the right sounds to wake you up – not a ringtone which will just shock you out of sleep. It must slowly bring you out of sleep."
May 15, 2017
What is The Significance of Cleanliness?
Cleanliness is an important aspect for individual wellbeing, and for one's spiritual growth. Sadhguru says - "The kind of forms we build, the kind of forms we hold around us and the kind of structures we live in have a phenomenal impact on everything that we are". He says - "If our surroundings are not pleasant upon our senses, then the images that we create in our mind, the projections that happen upon the seat of our experience turn unpleasant."
May 5, 2017
Are Habits & Karma Connected?
Sadhguru tells us that we form habits, which are certain patterns, to bring a certain ease in our lives, and for the sake of survival. As people grow, those looking for excitement, will drop their habits easily, while those who are fearful and want to preserve themselves will hold onto their habits. Sadhguru says - "What we refer to as karma is also just this. Karma means you are unconsciously creating patterns for yourself, not only about your behavior, but about the way life happens to you."
March 16, 2017
What can I do about my asthma – an obstacle in my spiritual pursuit?
In response to a question that what can I do when asthma is becoming a hindrance in my spiritual pursuit - Sadhguru says, that it is very important to keep the body healthy. Otherwise, it will take away all your attention. In terms of your choice of living in the city, Sadhguru says - "You must do your life where it happens best for you, not because you can live better than somebody somewhere or because you will make a few bucks more somewhere else."
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