Sadhguru's Blog, page 14

Stepping into the role of a parent often comes with a wide spectrum of emotions and challenges, and everyone has their own way of approaching the task. The sheer diversity of parenting techniques out there can cause confusion. Whatever your current approach may be, from authoritarian to permissive, how can we know what the most effective method is to earn a child’s trust? Then, even if children do seem to listen during their younger years, hormonal changes flip the entire operation on its head....

When you think of the word “karma,” what feelings come to mind? For many people, it evokes a sense of worry, perhaps even dread. In many popular understandings, karma refers to the idea that past mistakes or misdeeds will come back to haunt us one day, and they may even affect our present or future chances for happiness. We might imagine it primarily as a sort of cosmic mechanism for punishment. But unfortunately, thinking of karma in those terms may make it seem more like a looming threat than...

“People have fallen in love with words and lost the world. It’s time to regain it.” – Sadhguru

If you were given a choice to have a lot of really great ideas about life or to have a deep, profound experience of life, what would you choose? For many of us, the answer may be clear: we want to know. We want to understand. But how do we get to that knowing, to that deep understanding? The obvious, default answer for many people these days would be “thinking.” Let’s think about it. Let’s try to expl...

The relationship between food and health is undeniable. Increasingly, unhealthy eating habits are being clearly linked to a tremendous range of medical conditions, including fatigue, brain fog, intestinal problems, skin conditions, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even cancer. On the positive side, healthy eating habits are being shown to increase energy, help regulate body weight, strengthen immune response, improve mood and cognition, and even combat anxiety and depression. But with the tre...

What Is Success?

When you think of the most “successful” person you know, who comes to mind? Is it someone wealthy? Someone famous? Is it your grandparents who have been happily married for 50 years, or perhaps your aunt who raised a number of happy, healthy, well-adjusted children? Is it a friend who gives generously to help others or maybe a neighbor who overcame great odds to build a life she loves? Is it a favorite teacher who has inspired many students to do their best or perhaps a student...

Many people have found themselves deeply troubled by the seemingly constant conflict around the world, wondering if we as a species can ever find our way out of these heartbreaking cycles of destruction. In light of all this conflict, some might wonder whether or not it is even realistically possible for human beings to live peacefully. If a peaceful world is possible, how might we work to bring it about? What steps might each of us take to create the kind of fundamental change that results in ...

The Crisis Facing Us Today

Over the last two decades, the term “climate change” has gone from near obscurity to a common household phrase, and there is good reason. As people watch weather patterns change and grow more extreme, it becomes harder and harder to overlook increasingly severe droughts, storms, and wildfires. However, while climate change and its effects are daily news, another related challenge–soil health–has remained, until recently, alarmingly obscure.

Climate Change and Soil

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Health is one of the most important aspects of life. As the well known saying goes, “if you do not have your health, you do not have anything.” In order to enjoy life and live fully, one must have health. Chronic illness, either physical or mental, can be debilitating and can make it very difficult to handle the challenges of life. Health is one basic ingredient of a happy life that, in today’s world, can potentially be elusive. 

While there are many things one can do that contribute to health,...

It’s probably safe to assume that everyone everywhere wants to be happy. What exactly “happiness” entails, however, is a bit murkier. Does happiness mean a large paycheck twice a month, a big house with nice cars, 2.3 children and a couple of pets, all encircled by a white picket fence? Should we throw in a boat and an RV for that occasional weekend trip to the lake? We do seem to get cultural messages that the accumulation of stuff should eventually lead to happiness, if only we can find the r...

When most people picture a yogi, they will likely think of someone sitting alone in a faraway cave, meditating all day and night. But did you know that yogis can have fun too? Yoga does not necessarily mean one must become an ascetic. What if, instead, yoga is meant to help us live every moment joyfully and with involvement?

In terms of what one should do with their life, one may find little direct guidance in yogic teachings. However, for the question of how one should live their life, there i...