Sadhguru's Blog, page 29

What causes us to feel lethargic, and is there a way to overcome low-energy states? Is it based on our diets? Is it based on our fears? Is it based on our repetitious patterns of thoughts and emotions? Maybe it is a combination of these?

Do you fear what will happen in the future? Are you tied down to these fears and sometimes hesitant to take any steps that your mind translates into anxiety? Does this anxiety prevent you from feeling joyful and exuberant? Is there a way to wake up each morning...

Sitting in the park, a mother on the bench and her son on the ground near her, each had extremely different reactions to what happened next. The young boy was watching a spider that happened to scurry towards him. He let the spider crawl onto his hand. He was fascinated by its movements and colors. He stood up to show his mother who immediately screamed and knocked the poor spider out of the boy’s hand.

The young child thought the spider was beautiful, a welcome sight, while the mother only saw...

Her boss was known for his harsh treatment of his employees. He just did not seem to be able to correct someone without demeaning them in the process. The result was a large turnaround in employees. They simply left for better job conditions elsewhere.

Have you ever experienced being around someone who was just plain nasty in their speech and in their interactions with others? It is not pleasant and can even seem like being under the umbrella of a toxic atmosphere. How can we deal with this typ...

Have you ever had good intentions, but what you intended did not go as planned? Maybe even the person that you were trying to help became upset, rather than embracing your efforts.

When is it ok to put our intentions to the side and not identify with their outcomes? What comes into play when we focus on our intentions, rather than the journey?

What does the word “intent” mean in a spiritual context? How is it related to our karma? In this clip with @Tony Robbins and Sage Robbins, Sadhguru define...

Astrology is based on an understanding and interpretation of  the positions of the stars as it relates to a person’s personality and life. Many people consider the process scientific, while others believe it is fiction.

What motivates a person to want to know their future and be told about their own traits? Are we incapable of welcoming whatever life throws at us? Are we unable to see our own tendencies? There are people so immersed in their astrological predictions that they act solely based on...

Do you feel like your life is ruled by everybody but you? Do you think that your life is full of suffering because of what happens around you? Someone yelled at you, so you felt upset. Someone else ran a stop sign and hit your new car, so your day was ruined, and you spent a good part of your week getting it repaired and complaining to anyone who would listen.

When a situation is challenging, does it mold the way your day goes? Are you affected by all the events around you and feel miserable be...

Social media continues in this day and age to manifest in various ways: from the simple blog to Facebook or Twitter, and now the vlog. A vlog is a way of blogging in video. Hence the term “video blog” or “video log” which was shortened to “vlog.”

Vlog entries often combine video supported with text, images, and other metadata. These types of blogs are often not just recorded in one take but are cut into multiple parts.

Vlogging really took off when YouTube became a household word. It is conside...

Scientists will tell you that the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth is the main cause of the rise and fall of ocean tides. They also discovered that the moon plays a part in the activity of many animals, particularly birds; it is essential to migration and navigation.

Many teachers will tell you that a full moon affects the behavior of their students. It often causes them to exhibit stronger emotions and even those children who ordinarily seem shy suddenly have a voice on a full-moon day. ...

Do you remember your own teen years? Maybe you felt so strongly about your opinions and your newly felt desire to just do your own thing. Your parents seemed so out of touch with your generation. You might have no longer seen them as your number-one heroes as your horizons expanded beyond your home and family.

Why is there such a split between youth and older people? What happened to cause an entire generation of older people to no longer seem believable? Is it because most of that generation d...

When we hear the word greed, we usually associate it with someone with an intense motivation to get what they want, usually without caring how it might affect anyone else. It can be greed for money or any number of materialistic things.

Then there is what is termed emotional greed. This is when a person does anything to keep or get the attention of another person, seemingly to feed off their emotional support or love. At times, it can even become a burden for the person who gets entangled with ...