Bhakti Yoga and Career: Bursting the myth of negativity
The InfoTech revolution has brought most existing cultures and religious groups into contact with each other. In the context of spirituality, higher connectivity implies that the notions of an...
View ArticleGod is in Your Genes!
What is the significance of giving one’s name, nakshatraand gotram while doing the abhishekam at Linga Bhairavi? These things were very significant and relevant when deities were created in a certain...
View ArticleThe Hour of God: Man as a Transitional Being
Man is a transitional being; he is not final. For in man and high beyond him ascend the radiant degrees that to a divine supermanhood. There lies our destiny and the liberating key to our aspiring but...
View ArticleSamadhi – The Ultimate Transcendent Supremacy
The word samadhi has been largely misunderstood. People think samadhi means some death-like situation. The word samadhi literally means samaand dhi – sama meaning equanimity and dhi meaning buddhi or...
View ArticleFive types of questions
The spark behind every great discovery that has taken place on this planet has been the spirit of inquiry When that inquiry is directed outwards – “What is this? How does it happen?” it is science and...
View ArticleIf God loves us then why does he cause natural calamities??
To move towards growth in life, we require faith in three things — in oneself, in the goodness in society and in God. However, looking at the recent earthquake in Nepal where so many innocent lives...
View ArticleWe’re Part Of A Living, Breathing Cosmos
With all the advances made in science and technology, today we have tools that are powerful enough to make or break the planet several times over. That the United Nations declared World Environment...
View ArticleIntuition: A Different Dimension of Computing
Question: What is intuition? Can you please explain if it is an aspect of the spiritual path? Sadhguru: What is intuition? Everything that a human being does is happening from the information that he...
View ArticleBecoming Free from Kama (Sexual Desire)
The greatest happiness for the soul starts with complete freedom: freedom from misery, unhappiness, suffering, freedom from the dictates of desires, and, ultimately, freedom from being trapped in a...
View ArticleWhen Is It Okay To Compare Yourself To Others?
Questioner: Throughout our life, in school, in the office, everywhere we are constantly being compared with others around us. Why are such comparisons being made? Why are we not appreciated for who we...
View ArticleThe Source of Thoughts
Question: What is the source of our thoughts? Sadhguru: In terms of content, the source of your thoughts is the accumulation of your sense perceptions. In terms of substance, a thought is just a...
View ArticleCancer: Disease of Modern Society
Cancer is not really an ailment in the standard understanding of what an ailment is. In some way, the cells in our own body are turning against us; it could be stimulated or instigated from outside...
View ArticleEnlightenment Is Self-Annihilation
In India, enlightened beings have been referred to as dwijas, meaning “twice-born.” The first time, you were born out of your mother’s womb. It happened unconsciously; you did not make it happen,...
View ArticleScience Will Bring Religious Consciousness
I am not against science — my approach is basically scientific but science has limitations, and I don’t stop where science stops; I go beyond. Use science, but don’t be used by it. It is good to have...
View ArticleFree of constraints, you are the Universe
Who exactly is a yogi? Yoga, as is often reiterated, means union. So, yogis are those who have experienced existence as a part of themselves. But is that possible? If you are a part of existence, how...
View ArticleMy Initiation Into Spirituality
Soon after my birth an astrologer had a look at my birth chart and announced that this boy would become a sannyasi. This statement did not go well with both my parents and grandparents who would have...
View ArticleHow To Manage Expectations
People’s expectations bogging you down? Try looking at them differently! If people’s expectations of you have been bothering you, perhaps it’s time to look at things from a different perspective....
View ArticleLife And The Five Elements As Cosmic Joke
Some time ago, when driving after midnight, I approached a mountain that seemed to be half ablaze. It was misty and as I drove cautiously up the mountain, the fire always seemed a little farther away....
View ArticleEverything Is The Same, Yet So Different
There is infinite spontaneity and creativity unfolding every moment in Nature. Every day the sun rises but every sunrise is uniquely beautiful. This is true of our experiences as we go through life as...
View ArticleEcstasy On All Chakras
Sexuality is not a force or an adjective for physical union; it’s an intrinsic part of human evolution, says Meena Om. The universe is interwoven and interconnected for creation, perfection and...
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