Sadhguru's Blog, page 25

Last year she’d broken up with someone suddenly without really taking his feelings into consideration. She was rude and brusque and thought little of it at the time. Now it was her turn to be on the hurting end of that dynamic. She’d just confessed deep feelings for the man she was dating, and he immediately ended the relationship. Was this her karma? Was it fate? Had she just gotten what was coming to her because of her past behaviors?

Unfortunately, the idea of karma has become deeply buried ...

A bond between two partners in marriage or any committed relationship is intimate, multi-layered and complex, and it is hard to say what defines the quality of this relationship. Relationships between people sometimes deepen over time, while at other times they grow stagnant and fall apart.

There is usually a lot of pain associated when people separate, and things sometimes turn ugly. How can these situations be avoided? Are breakups because of mismatched personality styles trying to make it wo...

Do enlightened beings have no karma? Can ordinary people emulate their approach to handling karma? Of the many forks in the road to handling karma, which one is the easiest? In this video, Sadhguru helps elucidate these questions and offers a potent tool to handle karma effortlessly.

The word “karma” means action and all activity leads only one of two ways– liberation or bondage. Sadhguru compares bondage to a sailor throwing the anchor and exposes the real question– do we want to sail or drop...

What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtuous acts and sins; the mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action. But what does that really entail? To what extent does that action affect us and do we have any control over our actions?

Dr Vasant Lad speaks about many of the explanations found in Sadhguru’s book, Karma: A Yogi’...

He was called into his boss’s office. The conversation did not go well. His boss indirectly told him that he was going to have to lay him off, but he was a valuable employee nonetheless. It was a soft pitch but a hard blow, and he could tell that his boss was just not being up front with him. He just wanted the truth and asked for it, plain and simple. However, his boss was incapable of delivering it.

We don’t always like what we hear and often people will sugarcoat a response to not have to de...

Poetry has been a means for writers since the pen has graced paper, with inspiration and insights into experiences often beyond description. Like music, it can stir our essential self into a deeper understanding of life.

Sadhguru graces readers with this incredible compilation of his poems of nearly three decades from the inception of the Isha Yoga Center. Readers can expect nearly 600 poems divided into different categories covering the gamut of Sadhguru’s insights into life–from “Yoga” and “N...

What are the magical ingredients behind success? Why do some people seem to be geared towards it? And how do some people not only achieve so well, but seem to do so joyfully and with a seeming ease and grace? Is there a particular way of approaching achievement in order to make it happen? We may try so hard to achieve a particular result. In this video Sadhguru reveals that focusing on ‘the result’ may itself be the very obstacle in achieving it.

This seems counterintuitive; why is it so? 

As w...

Have you ever wondered what the relationship between you and your personality is? Are you your personality? Can your personality change, and what does it mean if it does? 

In this video Sadhguru looks at the role that personality plays in our lives. He explores the importance of having a fluid approach over the different ‘personalities’ needed to perform certain actions in the world as well as the ability to put all this aside when alone. 

Mistaking ourselves for the masks we wear leads to the ...

For many, the world of business is seen as a place for rational thinking, a place where emotion is not welcome. Business leaders and economists praise the intellect and speak of the need for objective calculations and logical decisions when making business deals. Emotions are seen as needing to be controlled or neutralized. 

Part of this advice relates to the high pressure nature of business, where small decisions can have large consequences and competitors are always ready to replace you. Busi...

When someone states that a person is considered a genius, who do you think would fit into that category? It is a man in a lab coat who has made remarkable discoveries? Is it an artist who is capable of expressing the depths of human expression on canvas? Maybe it is an extraordinary athlete or an inspirational writer?

There doesn’t seem to be one definition of genius. However, many psychologists study highly intelligent or gifted children and adults in the hopes of gaining a better understandin...