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5 ways of yogic cleansing

5 ways of yogic cleansing

This body's composition is such that 72% of this body is water, approximately 12% is earth, 6% is air, 4% is fire and the rest is space or Akash. How these five elements behave within you will determine just about everything. Five yogic ways of cleansing the elements - treat ...

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The science behind sitting cross legged

The science behind sitting cross legged

Questioner: This question is from Claire, here at III. "Namaskaram Sadhguru, why do we not place our feet towards lingas or other consecrated objects, or even people for that matter? Is it simply a matter of respect, or is there a scientific basis to this? ...

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Is inception possible?

Is inception possible?

Questioner: Namaskram Sadhguru. The other day you had mentioned that thought is very necessary for one to take any action. Sometimes I feel that the action I have taken is based on a thought that's not mine. Is that possible for someone to plant a thought in ...

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Benefits of wearing a Rudraksha

Benefits of wearing a Rudraksha

Every substance has a certain reverberance to it. Everything in the universe. Now, we are trying to identify things, which will push us in a particular direction. It's not just about Rudraksha. Plants, flowers, animals - everything has been identified as to what will take you ...

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Where should we apply Vibhuti?

Where should we apply Vibhuti?

Ash is made in different ways. When you apply - if you go into a space which is energetically charged in some way, if you apply it between your eyebrows. There is a spot - you must know this exact spot - there is a spot behind your ears, if you apply on those two sides. And the ...

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Something drastic happens at 21

Something drastic happens at 21

Many, many parents are surprised - how the children who are so attached to them just some time ago, suddenly they crossed 21 years of age - suddenly they cannot relate the same way with their parents. Simply because their genetic memory becomes at a lower scale of function, once ...

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Will Sadhguru take care at the time of your death?

Will Sadhguru take care at the time of your death?

Namaskram Sadhguru. Couple of days back you spoke in Darshan that you or anyone can intervene post death, only if karmic shell has become really thin. But earlier you had mentioned that if one 'sits' with you, there is no coming back for that person. I'm little anxious, are you ...

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The biggest misconception about spirituality

The biggest misconception about spirituality

This is going on everywhere in the world. It's a big fad in the West, particularly United States, and of course it's infected India, a bit. Be in the moment. I'll ask you a simple question, be somewhere else and show me...So we have these ideas that if you’re spiritual, you ...

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Are you living in the ‘real’ world?

Are you living in the ‘real’ world?

Right now there is no experience of life. Largely you’re just a bundle of thought, emotion, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. Your psychological drama is being mistaken for life. Your own thought and emotion kept you so busy - you thought, this is life. But when the moment of ...

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What is the nature of this life?

What is the nature of this life?

What is the nature of this life? Now, how to raise this consciousness? So consciousness is not an act. Consciousness is not something that you can artificially pump up. To be aware is to be alive. How do you know that you’re alive right now? Only because you’re aware to some ...

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Do prayers work?

Do prayers work?

Now you don’t go stand in front of that which is the basis of creation, and throw your ideas at him. You are his idea. Yes? You are just a figment of his idea. If he withdraws his idea, you’re gone. So you don’t put your ideas. So this is the essence of meditativeness. ...

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Who are Aghoris?

Who are Aghoris?

Aghori means... Ghora means terrible. Aghori means that which is beyond terrible. So, is there an Aghori path? Definitely there is. Still a very active spiritual process. People use various substances to do many different things. A recently dead body has certain possibilities. ...

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There is no time for yoga

There is no time for yoga

Question: Pranams Sadhguru. I get up at 6 am, hurry burry cooking. Get the children ready. Start by 8.30 am to the office. Back from the office by 6.30. Then freshening up the children, myself, prayer, cook food, homework, sleep. In this hectic schedule, where can I fit yoga ...

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A 3,000 year old prediction

A 3,000 year old prediction

There’s a temple in Karnataka in southern India, which is called the Annapoorneshwari temple. So, at the rear part of the temple where most people may not go - because I am always poking into nooks and corners - others are all happy looking at the goddess. There is an inscription ...

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How the color of your clothes impact you

How the color of your clothes impact you

The color of the clothes, or the colors of anything around you - has an impact on you. What is the impact of White, Yellow, Orange and Red? Why do some monks wear white, while the others wear orange? ...

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The power of Saligram (a rare stone)

The power of Saligram (a rare stone)

Saligram is a rare piece of stone which is one in a billion, if you manage to pick it. And even if you pick it, you may not know the difference unless you’re of a certain kind. And if you happen to pick a genuine saligram, if you do happen to pick a genuine saligram, then you’re ...

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Number 108: What is it’s significance?

Number 108: What is it’s significance?

Today Neuroscientists are telling us that, because of physical laws, human brain cannot evolve further. Adiyogi told this 15,000 years ago, that your physical evolution is complete, and unless drastic changes happen in the solar system - physically, you can not further evolve. ...

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How to become silent?

How to become silent?

To become silent - is possible only when you do not think much of yourself. If you think something about yourself, if you think I'm smart you can become silent. If you realise that you're actually stupid, you don't know anything in this existence, then you can simply look at ...

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Is ignorance really a bliss?

Is ignorance really a bliss?

So, if ignorance does not bring suffering to you, I would be disappointed with life. I would be very disappointed. Then all my striving, and who I am doesn't mean anything. If you are in ignorance, you must suffer. If ignorance doesn't bring suffering to you, why would you seek ...

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How to become master of your own destiny

How to become master of your own destiny

'Destiny' a simple escape from all the nonsense you have done to your life. For all the nonsense that you have done to your life, destiny is a simple escape. Oh! It’s my destiny, that’s why I’m like this. Now whatever you call as your destiny is also self-created. You are ...

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The benefits of balancing the energy body

The benefits of balancing the energy body

Most of the yogic practices work on the energy body, because if your energy body is in full vibrance and proper balance, physical and mental health will happen naturally. ...

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The power of imagination

The power of imagination

To make mental process just like a physical process is what tantra is trying to do. To make imagination so strong that after some time it is like physical. You actually create a ghost or you create a god, both are possible. Both are possible – any kind of form you want, you ...

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What is the key to freedom?

What is the key to freedom?

Having expectations of others means you're trying to fix their lives. Fix your own life, that is freedom. ...

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What is the significance of volunteering?

What is the significance of volunteering?

If you want to get involved but not entangled, volunteering is a powerful tool. You should make use of it to make activity a tool for your liberation. ...

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What is the secret of life?

What is the secret of life?

The secret of life is to see everything with a non-serious eye, but to be absolutely involved. Like a sport. ...

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How to access the boundless energy of the cosmos?

How to access the boundless energy of the cosmos?

There is boundless energy in the existence for those who are willing to open their doors. What we see as life as a whole, creation as a whole, is just a vast space of energy. Cosmos is a vast space of living energy. This cosmic energy is available to you, if only you willing ...

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How to craft your own destiny?

How to craft your own destiny?

Whether it is happiness or unhappiness, pain or pleasure, agony or ecstasy, essentially it happens from within. The seat of human experience is within us. The cameras may be outside, the microphones may be outside, but the drama happens only within us. So we must understand this ...

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What is the significance of Linga Bhairavi’s eleven year cycle?

What is the significance of Linga Bhairavi’s eleven year cycle?

Linga Bhairavi completes an eleven year cycle, and in this renewed form, the grace of Devi shall become significant. Those who earn her grace shall live a Blessed Life. ...

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How to handle conflict?

How to handle conflict?

It is the limited identities of race, religion, nationality which breed conflict and violence. Our attachment to boundaries, the source of it is in our attachment to our physical form, that is our body. So, it’s important that every human being should have this experience of ...

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A simple way to liberation

A simple way to liberation

Totally involved but unentangled, this is the quality of the divine. If you maintain this quality, ultimate liberation will be a natural process. Without involvement there is no life. The very process of life is involvement. Uninvolved, you cannot experience life. But if one ...

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How to awaken your intelligence

How to awaken your intelligence

Being a seeker of truth means refusing to make assumptions about things that you do not know. The moment you realise ‘I do not know’, your intelligence will stay awake, it cannot sleep. ...

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Stay awake on this night to open your third eye

Stay awake on this night to open your third eye

On the 14th day of every month, which is 1 day before the 'no moon' day, there is a natural upsurge of energy. Everyone should stay awake, to keep their spine vertical and make use of this for their benefit. Of all the Shivaratris the Shivaratri that appears in the month of ‘maga’, ...