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Sadhguru: Yogic Relief for PMS Mood Swings

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Yogic Relief for PMS Mood Swings Sadhguru looks at the fundamental reason why so many women experience emotional turmoil during the biological process of menstruation. Article Apr 7, 2017 Q: I’m experiencing a lot of premenstrual emotional turmoil, and I’m wondering if there are any yogic remedies or practices that can help. Sadhguru: The menstrual cycles, which are physiological in nature, unfortunately cause many women a lot of psychological disturbances, due to lack of synchronization between these two aspects of who you are. There is also an elemental dimension to it. The five elements, which form the most fundamental geometry of the body, have to be in sync as well. Pancha Bhuta processes can ease these issues because they organize the elements within your system. There is nothing miraculous about it. The weird thing is actually that so many women are going through a normal biological process as if it was some abominable thing – simply because...
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Sadhguru: Yogic Relief for PMS Mood Swings

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Yogic Relief for PMS Mood Swings Sadhguru looks at the fundamental reason why so many women experience emotional turmoil during the biological process of menstruation. Article Apr 7, 2017 Q: I’m experiencing a lot of premenstrual emotional turmoil, and I’m wondering if there are any yogic remedies or practices that can help. Sadhguru: The menstrual cycles, which are physiological in nature, unfortunately cause many women a lot of psychological disturbances, due to lack of synchronization between these two aspects of who you are. There is also an elemental dimension to it. The five elements, which form the most fundamental geometry of the body, have to be in sync as well. Pancha Bhuta processes can ease these issues because they organize the elements within your system. There is nothing miraculous about it. The weird thing is actually that so many women are going through a normal biological process as if it was some abominable thing – simply because...
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Where is God? Everywhere You Want

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Where is God? Everywhere You Want Where is God? Sadhguru explains, that devotion is such that it can create the Creator. Article Mar 28, 2017 Does God exist? Where is God? Is God omnipresent? Many questions that have never been effectively answered. Sadhguru gives us not an answer to these questions, but a method to access what is beyond the physical and explore life’s innumerable possibilities. Sadhguru: When you say you are on a spiritual path, it means you are looking for truth. But what kind of truth are you looking for? Usually, most people – whether they go to a temple, church, mosque or ashram – are looking for something that pays – something that will benefit them. But for one who is genuinely seeking, truth is not the kind that pays. It gobbles everything. This is not for the smart who want to be “somebody” in the world. Everybody wants to conquer something. Only a fool aspires to be a nobody. Only a fool wants to surrender and be conquered?...
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Sadhguru: The Two Ways to Open the Third Eye

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The Two Ways to Open the Third Eye Sadhguru discusses the two ways of opening the third eye, and the pitfalls of trying to follow a “middle path”. Article Mar 3, 2017 Sadhguru: The most significant aspect of Shiva is that he opened his third eye. He did many other things – he danced, he meditated, he married twice. All that is fine, but it is only because he opened his third eye that we remember him even today. After thousands of years, we still bow down to him because there is no substitute for knowing. To know is to be free. And there is no way to know unless your perception is enhanced beyond its present limitations. Shiva is significant because he perceived what most human beings failed to perceive. What is unseen for a large segment of humanity became a normal part of his vision. That is what the third eye means. People say when Shiva opened his third eye, fire came out of it. This fire indicates that within himself, he burnt everything that he thoug...
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Sadhguru: The Tree That Bears Fruit Will Be Stoned

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The Tree That Bears Fruit Will Be Stoned A common saying in the Tamil language warns that the tree that bears fruit will be stoned. Sadhguru responds, only when someone sees the value of the fruit and longs to taste its sweetness, will they take the effort to throw a stone. Article Mar 6, 2017 Q: There is a saying that the tree that bears the fruits will be stoned... Sadhguru: Oh, I know that better than anyone! They will keep throwing stones. If somebody has to take a stone and throw it at you, it takes lot of effort. They are throwing it at you because you are of some value. You are a valuable target! Who would throw a stone at someone who is not worth anything? Unknowingly, unconsciously, people know the fruit is valuable. So we have been stoned quite a bit. But over the years, many of those people have turned around. They are standing under the tree waiting for the fruit to fall into their mouth. That is always how it is. It is alright if people thr...
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Sadhguru: The Significance of the Equinox – A Level Playing Field

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The Significance of the Equinox – A Level Playing Field
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Sadhguru: Struggling with Daily Yoga

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Struggling with Daily Yoga? In this musing, a seeker questions Sadhguru on the struggle to maintain a daily regimen of yoga. Article Mar 30, 2017 Q: Sadhguru, I had done a couple of yoga programsin the past, but the problem is that I'm not able to follow it strictly every day. There was a time when I used to do yoga from morning around 6:00 till around 9:30-10:00, for four or five hours, but I would say that's the peak. After that, it's completely gone. I'm not even doing practices these days, regularly. Why this on and off behavior? How do I change myself? Sadhguru: You should never do yoga strictly - it will not work. And never do yoga for life, just do it today, that is all. “I'm going to do it my whole life.” Do not burden yourself with such nonsense! Today you do it. Enough, okay? Life is so simple. Why do you make it so complicated? “I'm going to do yoga every day of my life.” Please do not do it every day of your life; only ...
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Sadhguru: Samadhi – A Taste of “That Which is Not”.docx

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Samadhi – A Taste of “That Which is Not” When one has crossed the boundary and tasted “that which is not,” Sadhguru says, this is called samadhi. Article Apr 3, 2017 Sadhguru: The existence is made of “that which is” and “that which is not”. “That which is” has form, shape, qualities, beauty. “That which is not” has none of these things, but it is free. Here and there, “that which is not” spurts into “that which is”. And as “that which is” becomes more conscious, it will long to become “that which is not”. Though one enjoys the form, qualities, attributes and beauty attached to it, the longing to get to a state of utter freedom of being is unavoidable and inevitable. It is just a question of time, and the bondage of time and space also is only the hallucination of “that which is”. “That which is not” neither perceives time nor space because it is boundless and eternal, not shackled by the limitations of time and space.  When this longing to become liberated...
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Sadhguru: Ram Navami Story - Rama and a Dog’s Justice

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Ram Navami Story: Rama and a Dog’s Justice Through a rarely-told story of Rama, Sadhguru illustrates the importance of steadfastness of purpose . Article Apr 4, 2017 Sadhguru: You don’t make it anywhere in life because of what you think of yourself. You make it simply because there is steadfastness of purpose. If you look at the way people’s lives unfold – their level of joy, peace, blissfulness, wellbeing, and enlightenment – some people seem to be blessed while some seem cursed. This is fundamentally because those who allow their minds to constantly choose and un-choose can only live by chance. If things go well in their lives, it is either because of someone’s blessing or because the people around are truly wonderful. Every time you choose and un-choose, you make and unmake yourself. There is no way such a person can either live purposefully or achieve what he really aspires for in his life. What Do You Really Want to Do? I would say, take a couple of weeks ...
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Sadhguru: No Give & Take, Just Spring in Your Heart

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No Give & Take, Just Spring in Your Heart How to balance the give and take of life? A common saying in the Tamil language warns that both the one who always gives and the one who always takes will be ruined. Sadhguru responds to this aphorism, explaining that one who is in tune with the life process, who is like springtime within himself, will naturally give whatever is needed. Article Mar 21, 2017 Q: There is a common saying in Tamil that means, “The family that always donates gets ruined, the family that always receives also gets ruined” – both the giver and the taker! Sadhguru: Essentially, what they are referring to is either always receiving and living on aid, or indiscriminately giving because of your idea of goodness, not because of what the situation needs. If you are giving because you feel that by giving you are being good or that you will buy a ticket to heaven, it is definitely not okay. But when you see a need, if you are unwilling to give...
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Sadhguru: Neither Good or Bad – Just Silent

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Neither Good or Bad – Just Silent! When life is divided into this and that, good and bad, one will never know silence, explains Sadhguru. Article Mar 9, 2017 When life is divided into this and that, good and bad, one will never know silence, explains Sadhguru. The idea of yoga is to destroy this duality, and this is the reason Shiva, the Adiyogi, is known as the destroyer. Sadhguru: There have been teachers who taught goodness to people. There have been others who taught evil to people. But there have also been teachers who did everything to destroy both good and evil so that life may happen just the way it should, not by some principles of goodness or some thoughts and emotions of the ego. Only then one will know what it means to be silent within oneself. Good people cannot be silent. Evil people cannot be silent. Only those who do not pay attention to either, who just pay attention to the process of life, can be truly silent. This and This Silence ...
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Sadhguru: Meaning of Colors and Their Role in Your Life

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Meaning of Colors and Their Role in Your Life Sadhguru looks at the role and meaning of colors for a spiritual seeker, and how colors can have a significant effect on our lives. Article Mar 13, 2017 Sadhguru looks at the role and meaning of colors for a spiritual seeker, and how colors can have a significant effect on our lives. Sadhguru: How is color significant for human consciousness as such, or for any kind of spiritual process? It is significant in the sense that the color that you reflect will naturally add to the aura that you carry. People on the ascetic path don’t want to wear anything because they don’t want to add anything new to themselves. They just want to work with what they have. They don’t want to take on anything more. What you are right now, to work that out is quite substantial. Adding one more thing complicates it. So they walk naked. If walking naked is difficult socially, they put on a loincloth. But the idea is they don’t take on a...
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Sadhguru: Life is Uncertain, But Uncertainty is Freedom

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Life is Uncertain, But Uncertainty is Freedom In an op-ed for the Economic Times newspaper, Sadhguru looks at how uncertainty is not to be shunned. When you walk into new terrain, there is uncertainty, but also many possibilities. Article Mar 24, 2017 Life is uncertain, but that uncertainty is not to be shunned. In an op-ed for the Economic Times newspaper, Sadhguru looks at how uncertainty is not to be shunned. When you walk into new terrain, there is uncertainty, but also many possibilities. Sadhguru: Nothing in the outside world is certain, that's a fact. It’s uncertain and that’s what makes it challenging. Uncertainty means things are changing; in other words there is no limbo. If you are walking fast, every step is new terrain. This new terrain is what you are calling “uncertainty” right now. Uncertainty Means Possibilities in Life For those seeking opportunity, uncertainty is the best time. Those who have a vision will make it a possibility; t...
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Sadhguru: Just Doing It: Expectations in the Spiritual Process

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  Just Doing It: Expectations in the Spiritual Process
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Sadhguru : Isha after Sadhguru

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Isha after Sadhguru? In this musing, Sadhguru explains how the consolidated energy structure of the Dhyanalinga will live far beyond the lifespan of bricks and stones. Article Apr 6, 2017 Explaining how the energy structure of the Dhyanalinga is the basis of the consecrated space, Sadhguru delves into the reasons why its consolidated energies will live far beyond the lifespan of the bricks and stones in the ashram. Questioner: Sadhguru, what will become of Isha and this consecrated space after you? Sadhguru: We are not just building buildings of brick and stone here. We could actually remove the Dhyanalinga [granite form] and the energy form would still be there. We only keep the stone because people need something visual to focus on – otherwise, their eyes will wander around. Isha and the Dhyanalinga are not about bricks and stones. The brick and mud will vanish at some point, but the energy structure will remain. In terms of energy, there is no such thing as “...
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Sadhguru : Yoga – A Technology for Ultimate Flowering

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Yoga – A Technology for Ultimate Flowering On the yogic path, Sadhguru explains, God is not seen as the source of life, but as its ultimate flowering. Article Mar 23, 2017 On the yogic path, God is not seen as the source of life, but as its ultimate flowering. How to achieve this flowering? Sadhguru explains that the whole science of yoga is a process of good gardening. Sadhguru: The yogic symbolism of the ultimate is a flower because on the path of yoga, God is seen as an ultimate flowering, not as the creator, the source or the seed of life. Yoga is not interested in where you came from. It is only interested in where you are going to go. But we cannot approach what is yet to be without what is. We are trying to make a space for ourselves in what is. Otherwise our interest is not in what is or what has been. Our interest is in what is yet to be. Nurturing the Seed We look at life in such a way that what everyone refers to as the Father, we don...
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Sadhguru: Stop Making Judgments; Start Paying Attention

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Stop Making Judgments; Start Paying Attention  Article Sep 12, 2017 A young student asks Sadhguru how to let go of judgments . Sadhguru responds, don’t make judgments and then try to let them go – simply don’t make them! When you think too much of yourself, he says, you will make judgments without even looking. But if you realize how little you know, then you will pay attention to everything. Q: Sadhguru, you have said that we have to see things the way they are, but for us to do that we have to let go of our judgments. So how do we let go of our judgments? Sadhguru: Why do you make them and then try to let them go? Just do not make them. A judgment is an assumption. Right now I look at this person and think, "Oh, she is brilliant, she is silly, she is good, she is bad." These are all assumptions. Why not simply look without making assumptions? This is something that, as young people, you must cultivate. If you do not want to make judgments, you...
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Sadhguru: Like Our Rivers, Have We Lost Our Way?

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Like Our Rivers, Have We Lost Our Way? We have caused our rivers to go dry and lose their way. Are we losing our own way too? Will we find our ultimate source, Sadhguru asks, or will we get lost along the way? Article Aug 21, 2017 Sadhguru: The word “Veerashaiva” literally means a very brave or valiant Shiva bhakta. In the philosophy of the Veerashaivas, they always use the analogy of rivers and oceans. Shiva is referred to as the ocean, and individual people as rivers. What they are trying to say is that inevitably, every river naturally runs to the ocean. The only question is how much it will meander. We as a generation of people are trying to prove that rivers don’t need to go to the ocean. They can dry up on the way. We are that kind of a generation. But we as a generation of people are trying to prove that rivers don’t need to go to the ocean. They can dry up on the way. We are that kind of a generation. The drying of our rivers is a consequence of the way...
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Samadhi – A Taste of “That Which is Not” When one has crossed the boundary and tasted “that which is not,” Sadhguru says, this is called samadhi. Article Apr 3, 2017 Sadhguru: The existence is made of “that which is” and “that which is not”. “That which is” has form, shape, qualities, beauty. “That which is not” has none of these things, but it is free. Here and there, “that which is not” spurts into “that which is”. And as “that which is” becomes more conscious, it will long to become “that which is not”. Though one enjoys the form, qualities, attributes and beauty attached to it, the longing to get to a state of utter freedom of being is unavoidable and inevitable. It is just a question of time, and the bondage of time and space also is only the hallucination of “that which is”. “That which is not” neither perceives time nor space because it is boundless and eternal, not shackled by the limitations of time and space.  When this longing to become liberated...
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