Quotes from Sadhguru

But to be loving is simply this: a willingness to respond freely and openly.

Love is not something you do; it is just the way you are.

I discovered the most fundamental mistake that most of us make: the fact that we view the ingredients which constitute our body, like earth, water, air, and food, as commodities and not as an organic part of the life process.

Most people cannot handle freedom. They are always trying to bind themselves, but only talking , mouthing freedom all the time because freedom needs courage , freedom needs a certain madness

Love has nothing to do with someone else. It is all about you. It is a way of being. It essentially means you have brought sweetness into your emotion.

Somehow in the name of divinity we have just lost our humanity. Don't talk about divinity, let your humanity overflow. When your humanity overflows, you will touch divinity, otherwise there is no way. It is simply empty talk; it doesn't get anybody anywhere.

Responsibility is not about talking, thinking, or doing. Responsibility is about being. That's the way life is—not an independent, self-contained bubble but a moment-to- moment dialogue with the universe. You don't have to work at making it that way. You just have to see it the way it is.

Blissfulness means life is happening in an exuberant manner, and that is all that life seeks. So

When everybody was talking about going to heaven, Gautama the Buddha said, "You say everything is fine in heaven, so what will I do there? Let me go to hell and do something to help others, because anyway I cannot suffer.

the ability to respond is the basis of life.

My ability to respond is limitless, but my ability to act is limited. I am one hundred percent responsible for everything I am and everything I am not, for my capacities and my incapacities, for my joys and my miseries. I am the one who determines the nature of my experience in this life and beyond. I am the maker of my life.

If you can joyfully do whatever is needed in a given situation, this is freedom.

When everything you do is a success, you tend to start believing that the planets revolve around you, not the sun!

Unfortunately, these days even so-called spiritual leaders are talking about self-esteem. "Self" and "esteem" are both a problem. Both are very limited entities; both are fragile; both will always be insecure. If you have no esteem, very good. If you have no self, fabulous!

Emotional pain is a memory that we choose to hold on to. Subconsciously or consciously.

Yama and niyama are simple guidelines, the dos and don'ts on the spiritual path, such as nonviolence; commitment to truth; not stealing; not hoarding wealth; purity; cleanliness; practice; and so on. They create the right atmosphere for one's spiritual evolution.

In a way, everyone is a ghost. Whether you are a ghost with the body or without a body is the only question.

The more you try to be special, the more you get hurt. Just be, just melt and become part of the wind around you, the earth around you, become a part of everything. You're here only for a while. At least when you're in a place like this, where nobody is going to trample on you, let your defenses down. Let it be. Forget your comforts, your sensibilities, your likes and dislikes. Leave all that nonsense and be with me.

You have known the pleasure and the convenience of modern science; so why the Dhyanalinga? It is because I want you to know the power, the liberation of another kind of science, the inner science, the yogic science through which you can become the master of your own destiny. That is why the Dhyanalinga. A science like this gives you absolute mastery over life itself.

When the lion feeds, many animals eat.

Responsibility and action belong to different dimensions. The ability to respond gives you the freedom to act. It also gives you the freedom not to act. It puts you in the driver's seat of your life. It empowers you to decide the nature and volume of action you want to undertake. Responsibility is not compulsive action; it offers you the choice of action. Can

Modern science has arrived at its conclusions through mathematical deduction. Religion has arrived at its conclusions through belief. But the yogi is a hard nut who will not settle for deduction or belief. He or she seeks to experience the ultimate through the enhancement of individual perception. Consequently, the yogic tradition does not mention God, or deny it either.

Karma is the natural basis of all existence. It is not a law that is imposed from above. It does not allow us to outsource our responsibility anywhere else; it does not allow us to blame our parents, our teachers, our countries, our politicians, our gods, or our fates. It makes each one of us squarely responsible for our own destinies and, above all, the nature of our experience of life.

You can't serve God and Mammon." When Jesus used the word "Mammon," he used it almost synonymously with pleasure. So Jesus was saying that you can't serve God and Mammon at the same time. If you want to be his disciple, you have to leave Mammon. It's not that you shouldn't be comfortable; it's not about having comfort or not, but if you're seeking comfort, forget it. This path is definitely not yours. What he said is very true.