Sadhguru

Yoga is about living strong, not just eating vegetables, twisting yourself out, or closing your eyes.

Heaven is attractive only to those who have made a hell out of themselves.

In action, we can be discriminatory. In perception, there is no need to be discriminatory.

With technology, a time comes when every human being will have a voice. If they have a clear voice, they will be heard across the world.

There is no “this life,” “next life” – there is only life.

Rather than trying to fit a woman into a man’s world, we must create a society where the masculine and feminine have an equal role to play.

The simplest way to bring balance to your thoughts and emotions is unwavering commitment towards something.

Holi is another expression of the exuberance of this culture. This exuberance is possible only because of conscious shedding of the past.

A devotee’s perception is way better than that of a person who intellectually dissects, because devotion is a way of embracing the universe.

When you have an important responsibility, you must have an inner strength that will not be changed or threatened by external situations.

What the body really needs is restfulness, not sleep.

A thought does not take you anywhere – but it can set the course of your life.

Everywhere in the world today, people promote exclusiveness. If you promote exclusiveness, there can only be conflict.

Whatever happens, you getting depressed is not a solution. You getting depressed would be one more problem.

If your relaxation is not of good quality, your work will not be of good quality.

I have never been lonely because the Creator has never left me for a moment. He has never left anyone for a moment.

Truth is the only authority. Authority is not the truth.

Technology has no quality of its own. How we use it is what makes or breaks us.

Breath is a tease. You can’t hold it in – you can’t keep it out.

It’s pathetic that if someone has a physical issue, there is compassion, but if someone has a mental issue, there is ridicule.

Yoga always tries to transform the body, because if the body transforms, the mind will mature by itself.

What is possible and what is not is not your business. Nature will decide this. Your business is just to work for what truly matters to you.

Agriculture is coaxing Mother Earth to give you what you want. Industrialization is ripping her apart.

If you open up your body, mind, and emotions, your life will be pretty good. If you open up your energy system, it will become magical.

A night ideal to perceive the overwhelming presence of Shi-Va, that which is not, and to know the power of No-Thing.

A chant is not a cultural but an existential thing. It is about the sounds, not the meanings.

Where astrology tries to tell you how the cycles of the planets and stars bind you, the spiritual process tells you how to go beyond that.

You need to look at why you want a break from work. If you were doing something that you truly care about, would you want a break?

It is not in human hands to create a being – you only facilitate a body.

The greatest thing in your life is that you are alive and throbbing right now. Everything else is secondary.