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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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Is there rebirth?

Is there rebirth?

The question is - is there rebirth? If it's there, what is the basis for one being to go from one birth to another? What is it that carries a person from one to another? ...

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Insight into your breath & energy patterns

Insight into your breath & energy patterns

In the yogic way of looking at things, there is no such thing as body and mind. There is physical body, there is mental body, there is energy body. The energy body comprises of 72,000 nadis. If you observe yourself through the day, you would have noticed that approximately between ...

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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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4 types of bath to cleanse your aura

4 types of bath to cleanse your aura

Aura is a certain manifestation of yourself. A subtler manifestation in the physical body. Keeping it clean is good. Aura is a manifestation, it's not a presence by itself. But what you manifested yesterday, or what you manifested 10 years ago - may be still hanging around you, ...

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Benefits & dangers of shaving your head

Benefits & dangers of shaving your head

If you suddenly remove this hair, then you will see the energies will move in that direction. So people who are doing certain type of sadhana, want that to happen....Some of you may know that - particularly ladies who have never shaved their head in their life - suddenly one ...

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What is Prana?

What is Prana?

The word prana - there is no equivalent word in English, but we can say it’s a 'vital energy'. That which we call as the life energy, is Prana. Prana has ten different manifestations in the body. But for the sake of understanding we’ll bring it down to five. These five are ...

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Can astrologers predict your future?

Can astrologers predict your future?

In India, astrologers use the Bhrigu Samhita to predict a person's future. Does this mean our destinies are predetermined? ...

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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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Don’t wear dead person’s clothes

Don’t wear dead person’s clothes

You don’t die in one day. You die slowly. Till udhana exists, there are tantric processes with which you could revive the body. The physical life energy which generally is referred to as pran, or prana, has five basic manifestations. Today, you know, that from your old clothing ...

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Is Kamasutra pornography?

Is Kamasutra pornography?

They don’t, they did not think it’s pornography. You understand? They’re just describing life as it is. So today’s eyes look at Kamasutra as an authentication of pornography. Okay? No. That’s not what it is. They’re just talking about it like they would have talked ...

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How to deal with confusion

How to deal with confusion

Confused mind is good. If you know how to organise your confusion, if you know how to handle your confusion, if you know how to increase the enormity of your confusion consciously, if you can handle your confusion consciously – mind is a very productive instrument. If you are ...

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Secrets of the dead

Secrets of the dead

Why are disembodied beings (ghosts) drawn to a tamarind tree, or a yogi or to cobra? Can possession by disembodied beings be nullified? If yes, then how? What really is heaven and hell? How is it determined whether one will go to heaven or hell? What happens when one consciously ...

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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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Sadhguru discovers a Linga in Europe

Sadhguru discovers a Linga in Europe

I was in Turkey just two weeks ago. You've heard of Konya? So we were just walking through, and there in the garden, I found about four and a half feet or more about four feet nine inches kind of Linga. Properly created Linga. An ellipsoid stone. Wow! And, when we looked at the ...

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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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Sadhguru maps the Chakras of a person

Sadhguru maps the Chakras of a person

If you read the basic map of one’s 'prana' you know their past, present and future – everything about that person. Because in a way your life is just a manifestation of your energies, how they function. If you do proper Hatha Yoga, this slightly skewed positions that your ...

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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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How to understand your thoughts?

How to understand your thoughts?

If you look at your thoughts in the context of the whole cosmos, they do not mean anything. If you realise that, you will naturally create a distance from your thought process. So if you create a little distance - when I say create a little distance from the thought process, ...

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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’, ...

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Positive Thinking: How to remove negative thoughts?

Positive Thinking: How to remove negative thoughts?

There is nothing like negative thought, or positive thought. Can you forcefully remove any thought from your mind. The nature of the mind is such that it can only add and multiply. So, what one should work towards is to distance oneself from the mind, rather than trying to forcefully ...

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Dance as a spiritual process

Dance as a spiritual process

Question: I am just very grateful to have the opportunity to ask you a question today. My question for you Sadhguru is, do you in the Indian culture have a dance, that is also considered a medicine dance or you know do you guys consider dance to be something ...

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From where does life enter the body?

From where does life enter the body?

If you have a newborn baby in your home, you would see a certain part of the skull is not formed. Have you noticed this? So the child has to be handled gently. That part is just skin, there is no bone. So this part, in the yogic terminology is referred to as Brahmarandhra. Randhra ...

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Can Indian classical music activate the chakras?

Can Indian classical music activate the chakras?

The whole existence is a reverberation of energy, which is sound. Human beings can listen to a limited range of frequency. With Sadhana, in a state of Rithambra Pragna, a human being can listen to sounds beyond the normal range. Indian classical music is not just for entertainment, ...

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Why do we burn incense?

Why do we burn incense?

Question: Namaskaram Sadhguru. Incense has been used for thousands of years in almost every culture, to invoke Gods, support meditation, and for healing and medicinal purposes. Burning herbs and resins has especially been a big part of both Indian history, as ...

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Rithambra Pragna: Mantra & Yantra Demystified

Rithambra Pragna: Mantra & Yantra Demystified

Pragna means 'perception'. For every sound there is a form. Sadhguru explains the relationship between Mantra (arrangement of sounds), and Yantra (the associated form). ...

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Can Classical Music Heal?

Can Classical Music Heal?

What is the difference between Sound and Music? What is the difference between Words and Sound? Words are of the mind, psychological reality, whereas Sounds are of existential reality. With the right sounds, it is very much possible to heal! ...

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How to be Aware in Sleep?

How to be Aware in Sleep?

Question - Is it possible to be aware in sleep? Sadhguru tells, #awareness is different from mental alertness. #Alertness can be switched on and off. When you are sleep, alertness is off, but awareness is always on. ...