Sadhguru

Monsoon is one of the most intense experiences on the planet. When the sky speaks, it is time to listen.

It is not my ideology that we should constantly evolve and transform. It is the way of existence.

A complete human being is in equilibrium between the masculine and the feminine.

Doubt is good – it means you are searching for truth. Suspicion is sickness.

When your being is soaked in devotion, even a piece of stone will become divine.

Your body can take a quantum leap, your energies can take a quantum leap, but the transformation of the mind is always incremental.

Once you have no problem making mistakes, admitting them, and correcting them, hardly any mistakes will happen.

Spiritual process is not about going to heaven someday. It is about knowing life in all its profoundness.

You cannot stand in love, you cannot climb in love, you cannot fly in love – you can only fall in love.

Only when you explore the ecstasy of simply being, where even to breathe is a distraction, can you call yourself complete.

Success need not always be measured in economic terms. It has to be measured in quality of life.

Youth is a time of tremendous energy. You should look at the possibilities, not the problems.

Joys come and go like a pleasant breeze. It’s the miseries that stick in you like thorns – until you realize that it’s all your doing.

Enlightenment is not like a Big Bang – it is an ongoing process.

A spouse is not a destination but a fellow traveler.

Any philosophy is a sacrilege against creation. It just gives people the kinds of explanations that they want to hear.

“This moment” is not an idea. It is the only reality.

I am neither modern nor ancient – just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?

The Dhyanalinga embodies all the exuberance of life, and yet it is Beyond that.

If you stand on the garbage heap of your mind, your feet will never touch the ground.

Time is not money. Time is life.

The only way to experience true wellbeing is to turn inward. This is what yoga means – not up, not out, but in. The only way out is in.

If you notice something good, you must make it grow – whether it is within you or around you.

Leaders should not stand in front of the people. They should stand behind the people.

Essentially, meditation means to experientially realize that you are not an individual bubble – you are a universe.

Individuals should shape their lives according to their particular needs, not according to social trends.

India is a very organic chaos, and that is its strength.

Your life and how you experience it is entirely your making. Only if this absolutely sinks in, will you make the necessary changes.

If you are too full of yourself, life has to knead you. There is no other treatment.

All that moves exhausts itself eventually. Only that which is still is for always.