Sadhguru

Are you creating poison within you or the fragrance of the Divine? This is a choice.

You cannot fix the past, but you can create a distance with it. That is how the yogic system approaches it.

The significance of motherhood is not in the biological process but in the willingness to include another life as a part of yourself.

If you know one piece of life in its absolute nature, you know everything else by inference.

The Kumbh Mela is an offshoot of Bhuta Shuddhi, a process to transform the elements within your system.

The only reason why people have such a fear of death is they know nothing beyond the body.

Existence is one whole process. You are not a separate entity.

Optimism and pessimism are nothing but attitudes. Either way, you are trying to deny reality.

Being human means having the possibility to consciously shape yourself.

Economic activity is truly successful only when all the 7.4 billion people in the world are involved and benefiting in some way.

Who you are should be established by the way you are within yourself, not by what you do.

With firm likes and dislikes, you shut your doors to the rest of existence.

The air doesn’t love you, but it gives life. That’s how you should become – simply nourishing everything around you.

If you turn inward, you will find a space where there is a solution for everything.

You should always be effervescent, balanced, and a bit extreme.

The biggest barrier that human beings face in touching, experiencing, and knowing the Divine is unwillingness to transcend logic.

If you are truly joyful, you won’t be looking for satisfaction.

Hatha yoga is not body-bending business.  It is about taking charge of the way you think, feel, and perceive life.

Planting a tree is an enormous expression of love. You never know if you will enjoy its shade or fruits, but you know someone will.

Devotion means keeping your intellect aside to let a larger intelligence function through you.

If you act out of your humanity, you will always be inclusive, and you will always do the right thing.

In frustration, dejection, and depression, you work against yourself.

This is a culture where temples were built to raise human consciousness. Everything was dedicated to reaching mukti.

Do what really matters to you in life. Whatever it is, it should be worthy of you.

Our concept of education has to go beyond manufacturing cogs for the economic engine.

Mental suffering essentially comes from a loss of perspective as to what life is all about.

Being alive is the greatest phenomenon, not just on this planet, but in the whole cosmos.

In any situation, there are only two options – you can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution.

Yoga has lived for over 15,000 years without any enforcement, because of its sheer efficacy.

You can create a million lies, but there is only one truth.