Ishanga

The Key to establishing any sort of Spirituality (non physical aspect of who you are) in life is establishing a baseline Experience within Yourself that is always there no matter what is going on around You, its better to be a master of ones self than a slave to situations which is the worst form of slavery, allowing outside situations to determine Your inner nature/experience. How to establish Ease no matter what? Accept Now as it is absolutely (this doesn't mean You want it that way, it just means you accept it that way), Live Now completely, use past to become Wise from, Use future to plan and create, but don't live there! If Your Anxious (fear of future), or Depressed (bitter/sad/angry about Past), then that means Your living in those mental spaces, which blinds You from where Life is, right NOW! Learn to Respond rather than React, Responding corresponds with Beingness/Consciousness, Reacting is anti Beingness/Complusiveness, this is more than an Intellectual thing,,all of these tools will make the Stress Response mostly Impossible for You to experience, when that happens Peace is Your inner nature, which will lead to Bliss eventually. Then find a everyday practice, Isha Kriya is a good one, its 12 mins and easy to do, check it out!!

Potential and Possibility arise out of Oneness, which is akin to God, so that is why we are here, in someway we are the expression and ability to use or express this possibility and potential on a material realm with Free Will as our basic use, via being Highly Aware of our Potential and Reality that we are in... Duality has to exist in possibility, so that is here, dual world with possibility of having Oneness experience as our basis and still functioning thru a Body and Mind complex.. Suffering only happens because of unAwareness of this potential and possibility, and there is no judgement from anything or anyone, it just is, when unawareness rules suffering rules, and visa versa..

The Key to all of this is knowing Bliss within, that all Your Experiences happen within You, and that You can determine how You want to be within Yourself, Blissful or Miserable! First intellectual realization is basically this, Accept all that is as inevitable, the way things are are the way they are, 2nd is Living absolutely in Now presence, use the past to become wise not wounded, plan for the future via imagination and creative forces, but realize that Life is always rooted in the Now, and that is where life is, so make that a primary, 3rd Respond to Life rather than React, this is the difference btwn being Conscious vs Complusive, one brings forth your Free Will, the other makes you a slave to situations, pick which one is more impowering for You..With all of this once it is mastered within Yourself, then You will not have any Stress Response what so ever, no matter what is going on, Your natural Intelligence will then become more available to You, You will be at Peace no matter what, and life Energies will start to rise up, bringing forth more Joy and Bliss in Your experience. Start a Yoga practice to work the other side of it, start with this one its easy and simple...

Pain existing is a good thing, physically it keeps us able bodied and healthy, just imagine if no pain in our body existed, what ppl would be doing to it for fame? Suffering is not good for health or empowerment of Life, its mind made, suffering is pain unaccepted over a period of time, so it means Unacceptance of a situation that is happening, which is unhealthy! Acceptance does not mean we want something to be that way, its just accepting this moments inevitability, which lays the ground work for the future being brighter, if your stuck in the past and unacceptance (suffering) then there is no future and you will for sure miss the Glory of what is present Now!

When You try to fulfill the Desire within, Desire is akin to Life, its endless, via the mental or ambition route or thru physical means you will for sure end up suffering it, so so many examples of "Successful" ppl, having the fame, fortune, status, creative expressions, travel, luxury, on and on it goes, but they feel empty inside, because they had imagined themselves being happy and healthy in that sort of situations, when it came they found it didn't fill the cup up, so suffering comes... But all experience happens within You, ppl use this stuff as a stimuli to feel Happy, and Intense sense of Life, but its external and it comes and goes, but we can control our inner experience and create it how you want, Joy or Misery that is our choice, its not the goal of life, but the foundation, this guy has none of that!

No need for self love, yes he takes care of the basics for himself, eating proper food and stuff, but he for sure is Purpose driven (even though he sort of doesn't like to use that terminology, again I think he is sort of in a "Don't do what I do, but do what I say" sort of situation), and maybe it is determined by a time limit of sorts.... Look Leo has health problems, he doesn't near work the same sort of schedule that Sadhguru has over the last 30yrs, so why give any creds to what he has to say about this situation when he himself is in bad health, lol... Shit happens, I'm sure Sadhguru will be hopping on the horse once again doing what he does regardless of what anyone says!

This is not advice, he never told ppl to sleep only 2hrs a night, I've watched most all his sharings, he said that when Your energies rise up, and you master that art of being at Ease in your daily life (accepting, responding, living now=no stress response), then you sleep quota will go down automatically, he never said to force yourself to only sleep 2-4hrs a night, your misunderstanding!

None of this is possible without a Body and Mind to make it come forth in Appearance and Form, we are just Expressions of Infinity, which is akin to Potential and Possibility, in a sort of Form that can recognize itself in some way, of course not the ultimate way because that is not possible in our limited form but we have plenty of potential to apply ourselves too if we seek to be above survival instinct and such lower quality awareness's!

What's happened to Leo? My guess is the drugs and heavy usage has affected his mental and physical health, why so long now to make a video, is he hiding something that he doesn't want anyone to see? He seem very cynical and critical too, cranky almost lol... Hope he recovers someday!

This is total Bullocks! First Yoga means Union, its a technology of sorts, its been around for over 20,000yrs, you just blow it off lol... Yes Leo has for sure contributed to the Spiritual Community I give him his creds, but its not near the technology and sharing of Yoga as a whole, all this talk on this forum has lead to where? No where really, it goes around and around in circles imo, I'm here just for entertainment! Secondly, Happiness is just the basic quality of Your Life, as it health, if you have neither, then You have nothing so don't discount it and say the talk here or search for "Deep Understanding" is more important, just get sick and depressed then tell me where You are dude! Surprised to hear this sort of crap from You!

Maybe there is a mis understanding... The event at Kalash, there was something there that even surprised him, he doesn't quite say what they are, but they are not Human sort of existence or life essence, and tried a method to find out more but it had to be stopped...When ppl die he says that the state You are in at the moment of death affects your afterlife (bodily death that is), and that with higher states of consciousness in living state, you can choose your next body in the next bodily life cycle..not sure about the hindu ritual stuffs,,,,and the temples not meant for women, he says that some temples are made in ways where its more beneficial for men, and visa versa too, temples are like energy recharging stations, they can be calibrated in way I guess, he's a master at that stuff for sure...

What Strange things? He comments on many things, it amazes me that he still does this sort of thing, he's been going at it, and answering the same dam questions over and over for over 30yrs, of course some will find something that may sound strange or contradictory, which is good in some ways, but that stuff is a very very small part of his actions and intentions, its just public relations, to keep the general public at the least interested in him, in his last life the public was super scared of him, he was too intense!

Yes he abused himself for others, that's a problem now? Don't we have free will to do what we want with our lives? You seem to think otherwise, or are judging... He's always said "Don't Look Up to anyone, Don't Look down on anyone, Just see them the way they are!", now its not his fault that the ppl that follow him see him as this or that, he's said many time he doesn't care about the stuff he is doing, its just fulfilling a need that's all, he could go and do nothing and still die in Bliss, he's also detailed the fallacy's of what most ppl think a Devotee is, its not the ones kissing his feet or bowing and talking in a certain way when in his presence, then doing something otherwise when not in his presence, being a devotee is being Devoid of Self, I think he demonstrates that quite well.. His Wife Mahasamadhi happened just BEFORE the consecreation of the Dylanalinga was completed, not after, it almost killed him then, and yes he was supposed to not live beyond 42 but here we are:) oh Sadhguru is anti Self Love, for him that makes the ego stronger, he advocates creating a state of Bliss as Your baseline state, and to be Loving!!

@SQAAD The God as described in the Bible, does not exist, and if it does then I want nothing to do with it, as You said how could a "Loving" God allow all the suffering that is going on and has been for 1000's of years, and for what? The Suffering that is and has happened is a consequence, of a very high lack of Consciousness/Awareness of what Life is and the nature of it, its as simple as that.. Ppl do not see and perceive themselves in others, this is the fundamental of what Love is, and because of that, most everyone they see is like a piece of Meat, to be used and discarded. When One has a basic level of Consciousness, they have natural Peace, and see how they are connected to most everything else, especially other Humans, there are no "Others" in a sense, other bodies and minds yes, but not Life itself!

The simple fact is the Leo has no idea what Sadhguru is about or what he is trying to do, he thinks he does on a Intellectual level looking from afar, but he really doesn't know what is what in this regard, so he make assumptions which have no credibility!

There's really no such thing as "Meditation", in Yoga and Indian Spirituality, there are many forms of Sadhana or Spiritual Practices, Shiva/Adi Yogi is said to have said there are 112ways for a human being to become Realized/Enlightened, Buddhism is just 1 of those methods... What You want is to be Meditative, which is a basic state of Ease within Yourself, when this happens the natural Intelligence that is a part of You and the entire Universe comes more into Your Awareness, there are many methods to make this happen.. For the Avg person, yes if something feels wrong go see a doctor or health specialist, for other sorts of ppl maybe this is not what is the right thing to do..,Stallone has said many times that after he is done with a project (mostly when directing) he usually gets sick, its like it was being held back then it comes after the goal is achieved, its the same for ppl like Sadhguru, he probably knew exactly what was happening but put his commitments before his health, this is the way he is, others may not want to do it like this, that is their choice, there is no right or wrong here, but when on a mission of sorts, and your determined to get something done, the body has a way to make itself alright until the mission is over...

Truth is not something one can write about or think up, its just the essence of what You are, the essence of what makes all things possible, because the majority of ppl are addicted to their Intellects, that sort of explanation is not enough for the Intellect, so it continues to ask and answer then ask some more, this is the way of the intellect, it divides and separates which is the opposite direction of Truth! Just be Silent and Still then it will come to You naturally, without assistance of Drugs or anything outside of You...

Can Enlightened Ppl get in Car Accidents? Yes. Can they have things happen to them like in Sadhguru's case? Yes. Maybe he knew this was happening and let it happen anyways to keep his commitments? Maybe not, I don't know, but it seems to me that he is a person that likes to keep his commitments at most any cost. When he was building and consecrating the Dylanalinga, his Wife was involved with the process, she took Mahasamahdi just before they were completed with it, they had a 6/7yr old daughter at the time, he went on and finished it (there were 3 ppl involved, him, his wife and another person), so that is his level of commitment, although I did hear he did take her passing very hard on certain levels.. I also think, even though he says allot of miraculous things, like you can have 100% of Your destiny in your hands, its a "don't do what I do, but do what I say" sort of situation, his life obviously is not the same as most of ours, he's obviously on a grand mission or plan on a large scale, so I wouldn't spite him for saying somethings and not doing it like that for himself..He can access most any dimension of existence that he wants, but as with anything it takes practice and intention, if that is not his intention then it is not available to him at all times, if he makes it his intention then it is. His intention is pretty clear, to help as many ppl (like You and Me, regular folk) live higher quality lives, and if one want to go beyond that and live to their highest possibility in this lifetime rather than many, its that simple! Some of the talk here is pretty petty, shows allot!

p.s. IMo and research, the ppl that volunteer are not slaves, they can leave whenever they want! Plus today ppl are way too complacent, lazy, bored, which is why the population of the world is going thru so much suffering, loneliness, depression, anxiety, etc , at the ashrams and other places in Isha the ppl are high energy, happy, full of aliveness, and they are not there by force, they are there because they have been transformed, the practices and such have brought them to a place of high intensity life, and they want to serve and/or help others get there too, so they are Devotee's as well, for a time they are Devoid of Self, and doing what has to be done to make the World a better place, plus its a spiritual practice of sorts, they are burning off their karma as he says (I know Leo will call BS on this, but what does he know about it???), to put that down and say its a form of slavery SAYS ALLOT!!

Sadhguru doesn't promote "Enlightenment", he doesn't like talking about things that are outside of most ppls experience, but everyone has experienced peace, joy, sadness, boredom and such things so he publicly functions at that level of intellectual discussion. I am not the Body/Mind mantra Isha Kriya practice, I would say is just about being in touch with what You really are, not about living there and leaving the body and disappearing, he wants "Under Cover Yogis", ppl out in the world being the light, not massive amounts of ppl living in isolated places like his ashrams, he needs ppl there to do some work but he goals I think are for the avg person to come to some simple realizations! Sadhguru is a Devotee of sorts, Devotion is another way to Realization, it means "Devoid of Self", so he's a devotee to all those that are seeking..He doesn't care much I think of what happens to his body, he works like crazy because things have to get done its that simple, he doesn't do it to be an Example, but to get as many ppl Conscious as possible. Leo and others have their ways of doing this, to each their own, no one is in a race to see who's the best or worst, but things have to change on this planet or we are doomed!

Ppl mind are mostly already very abused as the Mind is societies Garbage bin, and most of society is garbage...Spirituality in its true form, is a method to clean our minds, plain and simple! but as with everything it gets distorted and misunderstood when too many ppl get involved with huge egos and no clarity!

People will just hate because this is the only way they can feel any sort of intensity in their life, so they find someone to hate, see them in a certain way then let the hate take over, it makes their heart beat... They have accused him of most everything, stealing kidney's, destroying an elephant corridor, killing his wife, again once You try to do something big in the world, haters will come forth, its part jealously, envy, boring lives, and stupidity all combined into one..

No matter what You think of the guy, he still gets up everyday to do what he has to do for what he believes in, maybe now it is for self preservation but at his age he seems to have allot of energy lol,,I wouldn't want to be him for any amount of money though, too much shit to deal with!

Whenever someone does and tries to do something big in the world, automatically there will be haters, this is how You know Your doing it right:)

I would say that unless You have some serious genetic issues, health is not that complex, the basics are reduce all stress to nil, which is one of the tenant of the Inner Engineering program, when You accept all that is as it is, Live Now, and Respond rather than react, imo this is the end of stress for You, there's other stuff in their that is pretty effective too... Diet makes a big difference to but if one can eliminate the stress response, up and down cortisol releases and maintain peacefulness most all the time, Your health will drastically improve, and your sleep quota will go down, he says that one should be restful most all the time, responding helps with this, so if your restful most of the time, heart rate is down most of the time, at your at Ease within, then the Energies will rise up and bring more intensity to Your Life naturally, via this you won't sleep as much or need as much sleep, if You like Sleep and want to sleep that will be available to You too:)