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CONTENTSLead Article

Keep or Dump?

Sadhguru on Break-Up Thoughts 4Musings

Enjoy the Drama Sadhguru on Meditation and Day-to-Day Problems 6

Living in a Consecrated SpaceA Phenomenal Difference 7

In Conversation with the Mystic

Sadhguru in Conversation with Actor Siddharth 8

Leela Series The path of the playful part XLIV:

Draupadis Plight 11

Project Feature

Join Green Hands in Celebrating World Environment Day! 12

News & Happenings

India A Phenomenon of PossibilitiesSadhgurus Talk at Emory University 14

Sadhguru at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 15

Grace MultipliedPournami Pooja and Sathsang with Sadhguru at iii 16

Sadhguru Spot


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The following is an excerpt from a Q&A session

with Sadhguru during a meditators sathsang at

the Isha Institute of Inner Sciences, McMinnville,

Tennessee, USA, on 15 June 2009.

Questioner: After starting on the spiritual path, I

found that my partner is not right for me anymore.

How to handle that?

Sadhguru: Dump him and pick up the next

guy. No, this is not my advice. This may be

your idea; not just for spiritual reasons for any

reason. You pick up one person for romance, one

f i i li d h f l

it matters to you when you are getting dumped or

looked over.

For thousands of years, everywhere in the world,

people settled for some kind of marriage arrangement.

Different societies handled this in different ways,

but they all settled for a committed structure. Once

two human beings share a certain intimacy, it must

happen in a committed atmosphere. If intimacyhappens without the necessary commitment, it

leads to disorganization of the human being and in

turn disorganization of the society.

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Above all, the physical body has its own memory,

which is called runanu bandha in yoga. Whether

it is the kind of food you eat or the atmosphere

you are in, the body remembers it all. Suppose

you come back for another lifetime I hope youdont your body will remember everything. This

runana bandha is particularly strong when a certain

physical intimacy happens.

In the East, people were always particular about

what kind of atmosphere you are in. Therefore,

different aspects were set up in certain ways, like

how you should start your day, how your house

should be kept, and that in your house, always a

lamp should be burning.

Even if you do not have the necessary brains to

choose the right thing but your body carries theright kind of impressions, it can draw you in the

right directions. If it carries the wrong kinds

of impressions, in spite of you, it will take you

somewhere else. Even touching a person leaves

a certain imprint. You know they say, Till death

do us apart, because without commitment, there

should be no intimacy.

In the name of modernity, we are loosening this,

for which we will pay a huge price. This situation

creates a high level of emotional insecurity.

When you are emotionally insecure, neither your

body nor your brains function properly. Thelevel of psychological imbalances will are up

dramatically in one or two generations unless we

do something to x it.

Irresponsible living in the name of spirituality

has happened plenty. Do not use spirituality as an

excuse to change your partner. If you truly want to

grow, it is a great advantage to live and work with

someone who you do not like. In work partnerships,I always put people together who cannot get along

with each other, which complicates many things

in Isha Foundation. My life is not about extracting

work from people; my life is about xing their lives.

We want work to happen, but the most important

thing is if people are growing in the process of doingthis work, or are they getting entangled? If that

is not taken care of, why should they work here?

Let them work in a corporate house where they

are well paid. You come here because you want to

grow, not because you want to work. Work needs to

happen because there are millions of other people

who also want to grow and we need to provide a

platform for them. But the most important aspect is,

are you going beyond your limitations, or are you

enshrining your limitations?

Saying, He doesnt have the right energy or some

such nonsense is not a good enough excuse todrop your husband. If things have gone really bad,

everyone has the right to come out of a relationship,

but do not whimsically drop people like bad apples

there is always a possibility to turn them around.

In the Western world, I see a deep sense of hurt

in most people. Only a few people are enjoyingtrustful relationships. Everyone else is in a certain

level of insecurity, all the time. This is not freedom.

Being emotionally insecure is a terrible bondage.

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Sadhguru on Meditation and Day-to-Day ProblemsSadhguru on Meditation and Day-to-Day Problems

The following is an excerpt from a meditators

sathsang with Sadhguru in Delhi on 7 August 2012.

Questioner: Im going through some relationship

problems at the moment. When I sit and meditate

in the morning, and I get an answer to the problem,

where does the answer come from? Is it an akashik

answer, a divine answer, or just my own mind?

Sadhguru: My whole life effort has been to present

what is mystical in a simple, logical way so that you

can grasp it. But there are a whole lot of people who

are trying to make the simple mystical. When thechimes ring, when a ower falls, or when the power

goes off, they think there is a mystical dimension

to it. Instead of bringing down the mystical within

reach of human beings, they try to export simple

aspects of life to other dimensions.

First of all, do not try to use your meditation to ndsolutions for your problems. Why should you not

use meditation to settle your problems? Because it

is like you have a common cold and you take a little

chemotherapy to make it go away. This is a silly way

to handle life. Common cold can be handled with

tissue paper. You just have to blow your nose for afew days, drink some ginger tea or pepper tea, and

it will go away by itself. When you start meditating,

you are trying to address the most fundamental

problem of human existence do not try to use that

f hi

this experientially, all these problems will be gone

in one shot.

You have a little family problem today and you are

upset. Dont try to treat it with meditation; take

a walk, swim, come to your senses. After all, you

gathered the family around you for your wellbeing.If it is working against your wellbeing, you really

need to look at what you are doing wrong with the

whole affair.

Did you get married out of charity? You gathered

people around you because you are incapable of

living alone. If someone is your crutch and you kick

the crutch, you are the one who is going to fall at

on your face. Oh Sadhguru, its not so simple. You

dont know what all happens on a daily basis. I know

all these things. Still, you are losing the perspective

in your life. Your meditation is not about handling

these petty problems; it is about addressing the mostessential problem of human existence.

You do not know why you are here and what the

nature of your existence is. If you knew the nature

of your existence, all these things would be just

play. You could play this drama whichever way you

want, to whatever extent you want, according to

your needs. Everyone need not play the drama to

the same extent. Some people like to be engrossed in

the drama; some people like to dabble with theater

a little bit Oh youre calling my family my work

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A Phenomenal DifferenceA Phenomenal Difference

The following is an excerpt from a session with

Sadhguru during the consecration of Linga Bhairavi

at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,

India, on 29 January 2010.

Consecration is a live process. It is like this: If you

transform mud into food, we call this agriculture.

If you make food into esh and bone, we call this

digestion. If you make esh into mud, we call this

cremation. If you can make this esh or a stone or

even an empty space into a divine possibility, that is

called consecration.

Since the world accepts only what is backed up

by modern science. Modern science says that

everything is the same energy, manifesting itself in

a million different ways. If that is so, what you call

the Divine, what you call a stone, what you call a

man, what you call a woman, what you call a beast,

what you call a demon it is all the same energyfunctioning in different ways. The same electricity

can become light, sound, and so many other things,

depending upon the technology you use. If it is the

same energy functioning in different ways, what

you make out of it is just a question of technology. If

you have the necessary technology, the simple space

around you can be made into divine exuberance.

You can make a simple piece of rock into a god or

a goddess. This is the phenomenon of consecration.

Particularly in this culture an enormous amount

space that is not consecrated. Today, unfortunately,

Tamil Nadu has taken on a completely negative

culture, but earlier, in every signicant town here,

rst a grand temple was built, and then the houses.

What kind of dwelling you live in is not going to

make an ultimate difference in your life. But if youare around a consecrate space, it is going to make a

phenomenal difference in your life.

We want to establish consecrated spaces in as many

places as possible. It is my dream that someday,

the whole of humanity should live in consecrated

spaces. Your home should be consecrated; yourstreet should be consecrated; your ofce should

be consecrated. Wherever you spend time, those

spaces must be consecrated. This is the beauty of

being human: your evolution need not stick to the

Darwinian scale if you live in a consecrated space,

you can simply leapfrog.

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In another edition of the In Conversation with the Mystic series, Sadhguru met with young

actor Siddharth on 10 January 2013 in Hyderabad under the theme Youth and Truth. Here is

the third part of their conversation.

Siddharth: A lot of us, and especially young people,

give a lot of importance to what we look like from

the outside, what people think when they see us.

You are being judged by your looks, being taken

seriously for what you represent. For example, I

particularly put on a black suit today so I would look

a little more intelligent I might be wrong but I

think it works. [Laughter]

A lot of regular human beings regular in the

sense of not being yogis or Gurus depend on the

mirror. After they wake up in the morning, they

look at the mirror, and many more times duringthe day. The mirror talks to them; they talk to

the mirror. A certain understanding of who they

are comes from looking at a mirror. You are able

to see a lot of stuff with your eyes open and with

just becomes necessary to shower. After the shower,

do I have to look into the mirror? No, I look the

same every day. You have the problem of different

levels of facial hair you have to trim it; you have to

shave it; you have to keep it in a certain way. I just

have to arrange my beard a little, which does not

take a mirror I know where it is, and I am done.

The mirror does not play such an important role for

me because I dont look different on different days.

If I close my eyes and just feel through my system

for one moment, I know how I look. Whether I

radiate or not is decided by that. If it has not workedproperly yet, I just have to close my eyes for another

few seconds thats all. The question is, do you

want to look good or feel good? How wonderful

you feel within yourself is more important than

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L G F G?Sadhguru in Conversation with Actor Siddharth

L G F G?Sadhguru in Conversation with Actor Siddharth


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you, looking good will not be such a relevant thing.

This does not mean that I do not take a little care to

look good obviously I do. The important thing is

what proportion of attention is going into looking

good, and what proportion into feeling good.

Today, people cannot take their hands off their hair

for a moment. This is simply because there is not

enough substance. If you create enough substance

within yourself, it does not matter if your hair is up

like this or that; people will still love you for who

you are. If you want to make an impact in theworld, whether as an actor or something else, the

impact will happen because of your intensity and

your substance, not just because of the arrangement

of hair facial or otherwise. [To the audience:]

This is a feud between us about facial hair please

dont take it seriously.

Siddharth: Its been a feud between me and nature

for 20 years. There is just nothing happening on

this face. Back to my question there is a common

perception that one can be happier when one is

more comfortable being oneself. What I am getting

at is, I wish I were different in terms of physicalappearance and.

Sadhguru: I can suggest a doctor to you. [Laughter]

You know, I sometimes teach programs in Los

Angeles. When I look around there, a lot of women

all look the same. Now I know who the doctor is.

In earlier times, if all of them looked the same, we

would have thought they have a common father. It

is better today it is just a common doctor.

Siddharth: Where does the urge of wanting

the stage and sing, for me it is like a bathroom song.

Everyone is a bathroom singer, because there is no

one else around. For me, there is no one else around

at any time, so I simply sing. I dont have raga, tala,

or anything I simply sing, and people seem to likeit. [Laughs] Thats their musical appreciation.

You know, I grew up in the 60s, on rock n roll,

Beatles, and stuff like that. We went for that music

because of the lyrics, and it made your body jump

around a bit. But when you sat down and listened

carefully, it was such an incoherent sound. Myparents were steeped in classical music, and we

hatedit. If my father turned on Mani Iyer, we turned

on Jethro Tull. [Laughs] We did not want classical

music to fall on our ears and spoil our rock n roll.

When I became meditative, classical music

suddenly captured me, and I thought I should have

learned this this is something profound. Since

then, it has become so much a part of my life, just

by listening to it. I always thought I must take

three or six months off, go to some Ustad and learn

proper music. This has been a dream that I do not

think I will ever fulll because of the kind of lifeand activity that I am in. But I have still not given

up. When I meet top musicians, I still tell them,

One day, I will come to you, hoping that they

will drag me one day and I will learn.

Yes, I always think I wish, I wish, I wish there

are too many I wishes. I am not saying I wish

out of frustration, but people believe that I am

already into too many things: Sadhguru, you are

greedy for life. You are doing too many things.

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heartedly, you can get married half-heartedly but

you cannot play a game half-heartedly. If you enter a

game, you have to throw yourself into it; otherwise,

you will be total rubbish.

We always try to encourage people to play some

game so that they know what it means to get into

something with some sense of abandon. If you do

not know this sense of abandon, you will never

know what spiritual process means. You have

seen those calendar images a man sitting with

a constipated look on his face, and of course, healso has a beard. [Laughs] This is not it. Spiritual

process means a very heightened level of abandon,

where you do not abandon life, you abandon your

little personality that you created. Only if you

abandon all the little stuff that you have created,

the Creators creation will touch you in ways

that you have not even imagined possible. The

immensity of being human has been lost, simply

because humans are continuously dabbling with

petty creations of their own.

Siddharth: Sadhguru, it is fascinating when you

look at a really famous and revered person froma distance, and like you said, there are images of

Gurus being very serious and very.

Sadhguru: I said constipated.

Siddharth: Yes. Then suddenly you meet someone

like that at close quarters and he is very childlike.

Sadhguru: Childlike means I did not grow up?

Siddharth: The child that I used to be when I

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childlike. Like you said, You cant beat me at riding

a motorcycle. I am actually eager to try that out

next time I see you.

Sadhguru: Dont try that.

Siddharth: I am going to be prepared.

You speak beautifully; you love music; you are

tremendously attractive are you romantic at heart?

I am a romantic actor. Is Sadhguru a romantic Guru?

Sadhguru: Lets understand the word romance.

Romance means a very deep involvement. But

unfortunately, people have brought romance down

to only a young male and a young female. No, I

am denitely an absolute romantic, romancing

the whole universe. Why not? Why just the

neighborhood girl? The neighborhood girl hasbecome magnied in your eyes because your

intelligence has been hacked by your hormones. If

your intelligence is not hacked by your hormones,

the whole universe, every piece of creation is worth

involvement, isnt it?

If you pay enough attention, you will see something

as small as an ant is a phenomenalcreature. If you

just see it as a little machine that is moving around

and you look at its capability; if you pay attention

to it for a lifetime, you will still have things to learn

from these mechanics. If you pay enough attention,

you cannot help being a romantic. To wonder andbe involved with just everything around you is a

natural process for human intelligence.

To be continued


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The following is an excerpt from Leela, the path of

the playful, a unique exploration with Sadhguru

into the mystical realm of Krishna, which took

place at the Isha Yoga Center in September 2005.

What happened in the previous episode: With

the intention to defeat and humiliate the Pandavas

and Draupadi, Duryodhana and Shakuni invited

the eldest of the Pandava brothers, Yudhisthira,

for a game of dice. Yudhisthira staked and lost not

only all their wealth and the kingdom but even hisbrothers and their wife Draupadi.

The second of the Kaurava brothers, Duhshasana,

went and dragged Draupadi by the hair into the

court. Such a thing had never happened before

in the history of Bharat Varsha. Everyone was

disgusted and shocked. But the Kauravas arguedfrom a technical standpoint: They lost the game.

Shes a slave woman now. We can do what we want

with her. Karna went one step further and said,

Even the clothes that you ve brothers and this

woman are wearing belong to us. You must drop

them. The ve brothers dropped their outerwear

and stood in their undergarments. Draupadi was in

a single garment (a sari). They wanted to disgrace

them to the limit and tried to disrobe her right there

in front of everyone.

years. They went through this and came back after

13 years, demanding back their kingdom. When

Duryodhana refused, Yudhisthira, who did not

want a war, said, For the ve of us, just give us vevillages. Duryodhana still declined, saying, I will

not even give ve needlepoints of land. This nally

led to the Kurukshetra war.

When Duhshasana tried to disrobe Draupadi, Bhima

took a vow: One day, I will tear open your chest

and drink your blood. And Draupadi said, I willnot tie my hair again until one of you brings me

Dhuhshasanas blood. Only many years later, when

Dhushasanas blood was applied on her hair like oil,

she tied it again. She was a very ery woman. She

was wise and intelligent, and involved in all the

affairs of the state, but she was also burning with

rage for what she had been put through.

How to x injustice against women today? In cities,

the law may work to some extent. In remote, rural

areas, it is still only social law, and not legal law that

works. Many terrible things happen, but not only to

women. It just seems more unjust when it happens

to a woman because she is physically more helpless

than a man. Injustice, pain, and disgrace happen to

anyone who is powerless, whether it is a man or a

woman. It is better to address injustice as such rather

than making it a gender issue. Injustice has to stop

Leela Series

The path of the playful

Part XLIV

Draupadis Plight


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J G H C

W E D!

J G H C

W E D!

This years World Environment Day is coming up

on 5 June 2013. Green Hands has a way for you to

participate in this global event and take positive

environmental action without even having to leave

the house. But rst, lets look at our environmentalsituation.

What kind of world will our children have to deal

with in the future if we dont take action now?

Here are three major concerns, as pointed out in the

World Banks climate change report Turn Down the

Heat:

Extreme Heat

Unless human beings cut down on greenhouse

gas emissions the world is likely to be warmer by

Extreme Weather

In a warmer world, dry areas will become drier and

wet areas wetter. The drought in the United States

in 2012 impacted about 80% of agricultural land.

By 2100, half of all farm land in the world isexpected to be drought-hit. An average of 500

weather-related disasters now take place each

year, compared to 120 in the 1980s. The number

of floods has increased six-fold. Rainfall levels in

wet areas could increase a further 2030% in a 4C

warmer world.

Food Shortages

In the next decade alone, a further 100 million

women and children are expected to join the


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machetes for wood wood that they would burn

to cook their food in one evening.

What we can do

Studies show that the last century of humanactivity has made a rise in global temperatures

virtually inevitable. The question is no longer

whether temperatures will rise; the question is

how much they will rise. Hearteningly, numerous

studies show that there are technically and

economically feasible solutions that will

probably hold warming below 2C. Will we makeit happen? Will our children hate us for what we

did not do, or will they thank us for what we did?

As individuals, the easiest way we can reduce

our carbon footprint is by planting trees.

Become a Greenie its just a click away!

Planting trees is the simplest solution to todays

environmental crisis. Generally, a mature tree

produces about 260 pounds of oxygen to sustain a

family of four. But, in todays circumstances, each

of us must plant at least ve trees to compensate

for what we consume on the planet, in an effort to

reduce our carbon footprint.

Green Hands not only plants and nurtures

YOUR trees; it also lets you track their exact

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Donate Rs.100/US$ 2 per tree and see your

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Send a cheque/DD in favor of ISHA

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+9194425 90081 [email protected]

www.projectgreenhands.org


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I A P PSadhgurus Talk at Emory University


Sadhguru was invited to give the 2013 Sheth Lecture

in Indian Studies at Emory University on 14 April

2013. The following excerpt from Sadhguru Spot of

17 April 2013 has the gist of his talk:

This week, I was to address the faculty and students

of Emory University. Members of the public werealso invited and the chapel in the University

Campus was full with over 1200 people. This lecture

was organized by an endowment of an Indian family

of professors dedicated towards Indian and South

Asian studies. India cannot be studied. At the least,

one must soak it in, or at best, one must dissolve

into it these are the only ways. Western analysis of

India is too off the mark, as symptomatic analysis of

Bharat will only lead to very grossly misunderstood

conclusions of a nation that revels and thrives in a

chaos that is organic and exuberant.

This most ancient of nations upon this earth is notbuilt upon a set of principles or beliefs or ambitions

of its citizenry. It is a nation of seekers, seeking not

wealth or wellbeing, but liberation, not of economic

or political kind, but the ultimate liberation.

A Godless but a devout nation. When I say Godless,

we need to understand that this is the only culturethat has given humans the freedom not just to make

a choice of gods, but to create the sort of god that

you can relate to. When Adiyogi was asked how

many ways to enlightenment he said only 112 if

country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing

seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.

India is not a study, but a phenomenon of possibilities.

Though a cauldron of multiple cultural, ethnic,

religious, and linguistic soup, it is all held together

by a single thread of seeking. This tremendouslonging has been nurtured into the peoples of the

land, the longing to be free free from the very

process of life and death.

One must not forget that the basis of seeking is that

one has realized that one does not know; one does not

know the nature of ones being. Instead of settling

for a culturally convenient belief, a whole populace

had the courage and commitment to seek the truth

themselves. This is the basis of this nation that is

called Bharata. Bha meaning sensation, that is the

basis of all experience and expression; Ra meaning

Raga, the tune and texture of life; Ta meaning Tala,the rhythms of life, which include the rhythms of

the human system and those of nature.

This is a nation that was conjured not in the minds

of the ambitious, but by the sages; not for prot

but in profoundness. Bharat is not to be seen as

just another political entity but as a gateway to thefulllment of the innermost longings of the human

creature. The fundamental ethos of Bharat needs to

be preserved, protected, and nurtured. The legacy

of wisdom and unbridled exploration of life is a true




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S M I T (MIT)S M I T (MIT)

The response to Sadhgurus keynote address

at MIT Sloan School of Managements

Business Conference in October 2012 was so

overwhelmingly positive that he was asked

to return to MIT on 23 April 2013 to deliver a

workshop which he entitled Gearing for Success.

A volunteer shares:

As an entrepreneur myself, struggling to be

successful, I was grateful to have the opportunity

to volunteer for this event, as well as to sit in on

Sadhgurus presentation to MBA students and

professional attendees.

Sadhguru began by dening the word itself: Success.

Everyone wants to be successful a mother who

bakes a cake for her two children wants to be

successful the same way as the CEO of a company

wants to be successful in his business. Her need to

be successful is not any less. Whether we are doingthings big or small, the need for success is always

there. A leader of an organization works long hours

and sleeps and eats less because all his actions and

thoughts are geared towards achieving his goals and

to achieve it. A business leader should look beyond

economic objectives and create goals that include

the wellbeing of everyone in the organization.

Sadhguru referred to people asking him why he

started new projects every day and if he wasnt

ever afraid of failure. Absolutely not; fear of failure

restricts one from doing anything. If he thinkssomething is worth a try, then he will start as many

projects as he can.

Of course, you cannot control most of the things

happening around you. But you should be in

control of what is happening within you. Yoga

helps to keep the physical body, the mental body,

ones life energies and emotions properly aligned.

Once these are aligned, your ability to do things

improves tremendously. Sadhguru spoke about the

importance of distancing oneself from the mind

and body and offered a means to accomplish this by

nishing the session with Isha Kriya.

Following the talk, a dinner was served by local

Isha volunteers to the student participants, who

were very grateful for the delicious, home-cooked

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G MPournami Pooja and Sathsang with Sadhguru at iii

G MPournami Pooja and Sathsang with Sadhguru at iii

The Isha Institute of Inner Sciences (iii) was graced

by the rst Pournami Pooja in the US on 24 April,

and a 3--day sathsang with Sadhguru from 25 to

28 April 2013.

The Pournami Pooja on the 24th was an extraordinary

night of offering, devotion, and grace. A celebration

of the full moon and the divine feminine, the pooja

conducted by the Bhairagini Maas took place in

Mahima, which was transformed into the abode

of Devi. Offerings of owers, fruits, coconuts, and

sweets were spread in front of her, as Linga Bhairavi

stood radiant erce and compassionate

incredible. The lamps, the process of entry, and the

echoing chants reverberated within me. It connected

me to Linga Bhairavi in a deep way, to the feminine

powers of our world, and to the full moon.

Stacy Christensen, Isha meditator, Utah

For many of the around 650 attendees, this was

their introduction to Linga Bhairavi. Her powerful

presence inevitably drew everyone to her. As

Sadhguru entered the hall, the process began withchanting, offerings of dance and song, and the Devi

Pooja followed by the Aarti. Deeply touched, many

shed tears of love and devotion.

Ye Devi!


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Sathsang with Sadhguru

On the next day, 25 April, the 3-1/2-day Sathsang

with Sadhguru began in the morning with

Guru Pooja.

Participants had the opportunity to sleep in Mahima

throughout the program. One of them shared,

Sleeping in Mahima is such a gift. I love resting in

its grace.

On the rst day, Sadhguru spoke about wondering,

and about how science and religion have destroyedour ability to simply look around and wonder.

Sadhguru asked the participants to spend the

evening sitting and simply wondering. Other

themes brought up were death, grief, and how to

pain. Many people noticed a difference in the quality

of their sleep after the process.

On the nal day, the discussion was mostly about

the upcoming Adiyogi Shrine at the iii. Residents

had cleared the land right after the plan was

announced, as Sadhguru was eager to beginconstruction immediately. He spoke about the need

for this powerful space in the US, and the role of the

US as a trendsetter in the world. He hinted about

additional plans to raise awareness of Adiyogi in

the US through media such as books and movies.

The participants were so enthusiastic they began

donating for the construction on the spot.

A participant shared his experience of spending

3-1/2 days with Sadhguru:


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Sadhguru SpotMusings from the Master

T-O BExcerpted from Sadhguru Spot 24 April 2013

Nearing midnight on a little turboprop taxiing for

take-off from Boston. Here for a session at MIT on

Gearing for Success. Boston is just recovering from

a week-old scare; tomorrow is the memorial service.

The perpetrators of this ghastly act are young men;the innocent looking face of the younger of the

brothers is disturbing at the least. This boy, 19 years

of age, could be any of our children, yet how they

have been demonized by the propaganda of religious

machinery does not augur well for this world.

Religious philosophies that have world-conqueringambitions have the propensity for causing a

grievous blow to all life upon the planet. In the last

two millennia, there has been much uninstigated

violence, violence unleashed upon various people

of the world by the religious groups across the

planet. This landscape of violence that they have

left, continuously talking about peace, love, and

compassion, is abhorrent and has scary scenarios

hidden in them.

It is time to address some fundamental causes that

suitable or palatable for our times is expunged God

willing. We can ask, if God says nothing, it would

not be a crime to take it as an afrmative. Ensuring

that no one needs to be a Gods soldier is the absolute

need of the day. For all the other causes of violence,at some point, we can nd solutions, but there is

no solution for those who ght for their gods. You

cannot wean them of that, as it is an eternal cause

and damnation for the world. Only if all religious

groups are willing to start looking at the prospect

of upgrading or expunging stimuli for violence

from their sacred books will there be possibility ofsolution. Not any one group, but all should strive. It

is not going to be an easy exercise, but it has to start

at some point of time.

This weekend at Atlanta over 1100 people at the

3-day Inner Engineering. Session was a blast. The

sheer variety of people is very interesting.

Past midnight and the two propeller engines are

roaring and hurtling us through the moonlit sky.

The wingless creatures that we are that we can even


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H Y A W L M LH Y A W L M L

I am incapable of being depressed; otherwise I

would be depressed looking at the way Hata Yoga

is being practiced around the world, and people

think that this is what it is. The practice as you see

it, the mechanics of it, is simply of the body. You

have to breathe life into it; otherwise it will not

become alive. This is why, traditionally, there has

been so much stress on a live Guru to make it alive.The yogic system is a subtle manipulation of your

system to allow you to attain to your higher nature.

Every asana, every mudra, every way of breathing is

focused towards this.

After decades of yoga entering the West and

becoming popular, medical professionals are nowcoming forth and making studies and saying, Yoga

has benets. Right now the number of people

practicing yoga even the simplest Hata Yoga is

growing in a big way simply because the scientic

community is slowly beginning to recognize the

depth and dimension of what it is. Though it is

taught in frivolous ways, still the health benets of

it are undeniable. But if improper, distorted kind

of yoga spreads, in 10 to 15 years time, scientic

studies will tell you in how many ways it is harmful

to human beings, and that will be the downfall.

If Hata Yoga is taught in a proper atmosphere witha certain sense of humility and inclusiveness about

the whole process, it is a fantastic process of shaping

your system into a fabulous device to receive the

Divine. There are certain dimensions of Hata

Yoga that are almost absent in the world today. I

would like to bring those dimensions. It is a very

powerful way of living. Power not over someone

else power to access life.

- Sadhguru

Learn to teach classical Hata Yoga!

We are excited to announce the second Isha Hata

Yoga Teacher Training Program, from 22 July

to 16 December 2013 at the Isha Yoga Center.

The 21-week program, devised by Sadhguru, is a

wonderful opportunity for one to receive training

in classical Hata Yoga. Open to meditators and

non-meditators, it is an unparalleled possibility to

experience and acquire a profound understanding

of the yogic system and also transmit it to others.

Upon completion of training, students will bequalied to establish their own studio or teach

private Hata Yoga lessons. Post-training support

will be provided by Isha.

To learn more about the

Isha Hata Yoga Teacher Training Program,

visit www.ishahatayoga.com,email us at [email protected] or

call +9198490 11600.


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Prgr Highlight

Date Program Place Contact

1 Jun 2013Sathsang

Conducted by Sadhguru

London,

W2 2TY [email protected]

69 Jun 2013

Inner Engineering

RetreatResidential Program

Isha Yoga Center,Coimbatore India [email protected]

1219 Jun 2013Samyama (Tamil)Residential Program

Conducted by Sadhguru

Isha Yoga Center,

Coimbatore India0422-2515300

1316 Jun 2013

Inner Engineering

RetreatResidential Program

Isha Yoga Center,Coimbatore India [email protected]

1925 Jun 2013 Inner Engineering Pune India98814 08561, 98600 73950

[email protected]

2023 Jun 2013

Bhava Spandana

Residential ProgramGents; English/Hindi

Isha Yoga Center,

Coimbatore India 0422-2515300

23 Jun 2013Yantra Ceremony

with Sadhguru

Isha Yoga Center,

Coimbatore India

94425 04720

[email protected]

39 Jul 2013 Inner Engineering

Navi Mumbai

India

99874 00339, 81089 00080

[email protected]

57 Jul 2013Inner Engineering

Conducted by SadhguruBangalore India

92434 10136, 90360 67181

[email protected]

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