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https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-11-2017#1#1202 | Most people’s lives are mortgaged to the social reality around them. Yoga is about releasing the mortgage. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-08-2017#2#1203 | Learning to live joyfully with things you do not like is a huge lesson in life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-06-2017#3#1204 | If you want success, the foremost thing is to ensure that you are not the obstacle to it. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-04-2017#4#1205 | If we want stability in our family, society, nation, and the world, we need to create stability in individual human beings. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-02-2017#5#1206 | There is only one problem on the planet – a whole lot of nasty human beings. Everything else here is fantastic. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-12-2017#6#1207 | The foremost thing is to make individual human beings into living temples. If that happens, change will happen in the world. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-09-2017#7#1208 | It is the fire of devotion which sets a human being free from the dualities of life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-07-2017#8#1209 | Your mind being full or you being mindful is not the same as being conscious. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-05-2017#9#1210 | This spiritual process is not based on a scripture, philosophy, or dead tradition – it is a living thing. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-03-2017#10#1211 | In mediocrity, there is comfort, but no joy. In going beyond your limits, there is joy, but maybe no comfort. You have to choose. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-01-2017#11#1212 | To seek means to have an active intelligence. You never stop learning. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-02-2022#0#1213 | Everything comes from nothingness and goes back to nothingness. Nothingness or Shoonya is the basis of existence. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-31-2022#1#1214 | Once there is a little space between you and the body, between you and the mind, it will open up the possibility of experiencing the non-physical. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-29-2022#2#1215 | If you dissolve your personality, your presence becomes very powerful – this is the essence of spiritual sadhana. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-27-2022#3#1216 | Yoga essentially means that in search of wellbeing, you do not look up, you do not look out – you look inward. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-25-2022#4#1217 | If you make yourself into something truly wonderful, your children will look up and listen to you. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-23-2022#5#1218 | You can contemplate your thoughts and emotions, but you cannot contemplate the self. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-01-2022#6#1219 | This human mechanism is the most sophisticated gadget on the planet. Have you read the user’s manual. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-30-2022#7#1220 | For life to sparkle, it has to be inclusive. That is the way life is made. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-28-2022#8#1221 | Learning to treat nature sensibly and gently is not just for the wellbeing of nature – it is for our own wellbeing. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-26-2022#9#1222 | Life is in the details. Just look at a flower or an ant, how intricately every piece of creation is engineered! |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-24-2022#10#1223 | Modern societies are trying to limit the whole existence to the physical. The physical is only a base, not the real thing. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-22-2022#11#1224 | You are responsible for everything that you are and everything that you are not. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-31-2017#0#1225 | What you do is up to you, but you should do it consciously. That’s what it means to be human. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-29-2017#1#1226 | A truly democratic approach does not resort to banning someone’s opinion. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-27-2017#2#1227 | The external dimensions of life can bring you comfort and convenience. Only the inner dimension can bring fulfillment. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-25-2017#3#1228 | The fundamental of the spiritual process is that you stop all assumptions. “What I know, I know. What I do not know, I do not know.” |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-23-2017#4#1229 | Being able to shower affection on anyone without having a need for affection yourself – that’s freedom. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-21-2017#5#1230 | Only what you perceive, you know – the rest is all imagination. Yoga is the science of enhancing perception. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-30-2017#6#1231 | The best thing you can do for the world is to be joyful. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-28-2017#7#1232 | God does not need your devotion. It is the need of the human heart to experience the peak of emotion. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-26-2017#8#1233 | Democracy means government by the people. If we want a great nation, whatever our role, we need to take charge and do our best. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-24-2017#9#1234 | Your ability to experience something is inversely proportional to the amount of knowledge that you have gathered about it. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-22-2017#10#1235 | For a committed person, there is no such thing as failure – just lessons to be learnt on the way. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-20-2017#11#1236 | Once you experience boundlessness, the possibilities in your life also become boundless. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-19-2017#0#1237 | If you do not do what you cannot do, that’s no problem. But if you do not do what you can do, you are a tragedy. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-17-2017#1#1238 | Having children is not about reproduction – you are creating the next generation of people. This is a tremendous responsibility. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-15-2017#2#1239 | In the end, who you are is what will manifest in the world. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-13-2017#3#1240 | It is time to shed the burdens of the past year and come up fresh and alive. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-11-2017#4#1241 | Life is a dance of time and energy. Coordinating both well is the key to a successful life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-09-2017#5#1242 | Whatever your goal in life, unless you develop a great urgency, what could be near will be far away. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-18-2017#6#1243 | The quality of human life will only truly change when we change within ourselves. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-16-2017#7#1244 | Do not think about enlightenment – look at your limitations and how to go beyond them. That’s the way to progress. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-14-2017#8#1245 | Sankranti and Pongal are about expressing gratitude to everything that makes our life. Go out, feel the air, and celebrate! |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-12-2017#9#1246 | Youth is most open to new possibilities. If they become more conscious, humanity will have a bright future. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-10-2017#10#1247 | If you care for people around you, you must make yourself into a person they enjoy being with. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-08-2017#11#1248 | There is a lot more to life than your thoughts and emotions. Time to move from psychological space to life-scape. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-07-2017#0#1249 | Transformation is when who you are is not determined anymore by other people’s opinions or other people’s presence. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-05-2017#1#1250 | The more conclusions you have, the less you experience life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-03-2017#2#1251 | The inner dimension is uncharted terrain; it’s sensible to take directions. A guru is a live road map. GPS: Guru Pathfinding System! |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-01-2017#3#1252 | Be the source of joy for all you touch in the new year. This is our time on the planet. Let’s make the coming year spectacular. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-30-2016#4#1253 | If you are looking for solace, you believe. If you are looking for a solution, you seek. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-28-2016#5#1254 | Being a leader does not mean dominating the situation. It means empowering people to do what they would not have imagined possible. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-06-2017#6#1255 | How can you love one and hate the other when the same Divine exists in All. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-04-2017#7#1256 | You earn a living to live well, not to kill yourself with stress. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/january-02-2017#8#1257 | If you are willing, every moment of your life can be a fantastic experience. Just inhaling and exhaling can be a tremendous love affair. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-31-2016#9#1258 | How willingly we go through whatever situations we face decides the quality of our experience and the quality of our life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-29-2016#10#1259 | Only those who work intensely will know the profoundness of restfulness. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-27-2016#11#1260 | I refuse to recognize people as Muslims, Christians, or Hindus. I see human beings as human beings. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-26-2016#0#1261 | Courageous people do idiotic things. Fearful people do little. Fearless people see life as it is and do what is needed. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-24-2016#1#1262 | Love is not what you do. Love is what you are. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-22-2016#2#1263 | Intellect is penetration. Devotion is inclusion. Devotion is deeper dimension of intelligence. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-20-2016#3#1264 | When things go wrong in life, that's when it shows who you are. When things go well, everyone can pretend to be fantastic. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-18-2016#4#1265 | Emotion has the power to transform. It can drag you into the gutter or take you to the highest peak of consciousness. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-16-2016#5#1266 | Your life is ticking away. It’s time to focus on what is truly worthwhile. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-25-2016#6#1267 | With the shift of solstice come the blessings of harvest time. Let there be much fruit in this Uttarayana. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-23-2016#7#1268 | Existence is not divided. Everything is happening as one phenomenal process. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-21-2016#8#1269 | If your liberation becomes your only priority, everything will open up for you. Enlightenment won’t happen on the side. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-19-2016#9#1270 | Anyway, life makes you do all kinds of circus, juggling, and acrobatics. If you are prepared for that, you can do it joyfully. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-17-2016#10#1271 | Yoga is not about twisting your body or standing on your head. It is a technology of wellbeing. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-15-2016#11#1272 | If you live joyfully until the last moment, you don’t have to worry about death – that will also be a joyful process. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-14-2016#0#1273 | For your own physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing, you need to become playful, in all areas of life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-12-2016#1#1274 | In reality, there is only now. If you know how to handle this moment, you know how to handle eternity. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-10-2016#2#1275 | Words and meanings exist only in human minds – sound exists in the universe. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-08-2016#3#1276 | Your body remembers every smell, taste, sight, touch, and sound. Yoga can make this perception work to your advantage. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-06-2016#4#1277 | If you can look at every person, every creature, and even inanimate things with loving eyes, taking you to the Ultimate will be easy. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-04-2016#5#1278 | A scoundrel is knowledgeable. A fool thinks he knows. A sage is an empty page. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-13-2016#6#1279 | Devotion keeps your emotion at the highest level of sweetness – an ecstatic way to enlightenment. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-11-2016#7#1280 | I want the world to realize that turning inward is the greatest joy. In comparison, any other pleasure is a regressive step. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-09-2016#8#1281 | Whatever things you gather in your life should not determine who you are. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-07-2016#9#1282 | When unpleasant things happen in our lives, we can become either wise or wounded – that is our choice. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-05-2016#10#1283 | We all have the potential to live in blissfulness and inner wellbeing – if only we create the right kind of climate within ourselves. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-03-2016#11#1284 | As life is, death is. The awareness of this fact allows you to live life fully and intensely. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-02-2016#0#1285 | Unleash your desire; limit it not to the limited. In the boundlessness of the desire is your ultimate nature. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-30-2016#1#1286 | Making assumptions about something that you do not know is a sure way to remain ignorant. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-28-2016#2#1287 | We know how to go to the Moon, we know how to explore Mars, but we still do not know how to live sensibly upon this planet. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-26-2016#3#1288 | Life is beautiful only when it is in balance. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-24-2016#4#1289 | If you want to get involved but not entangled, volunteering is a powerful tool. You should make use of it, wherever you are. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-22-2016#5#1290 | Only because people have not realized the immensity of being human, they think they have to be led by some other force. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/december-01-2016#6#1291 | As a human being, you have the possibility to evolve phenomenally, or you can remain stagnant. It is in your hands. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-29-2016#7#1292 | For someone who is intelligent, everything that happens is an opportunity. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-27-2016#8#1293 | Ambition is about more. Vision is about all. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-25-2016#9#1294 | Decisions should not be in terms of what you like or not, but in terms of what works. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-23-2016#10#1295 | Inclusiveness is not an ideology or philosophy – it is the way of life. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-21-2016#11#1296 | Spirituality means no more illusions – you see everything the way it is. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-20-2016#0#1297 | When a child enters your life, it is time to learn, not to teach. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-18-2016#1#1298 | The only reason people don’t know how to stay joyful is they don’t have the needed know-how. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-16-2016#2#1299 | The body is designed to perform all the necessary activity, as long as you live, if you keep it well. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-14-2016#3#1300 | When you claim authority over your children, you lose their friendship. |
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-12-2016#4#1301 | If you activate your spine, it can open up a completely different dimension of living for you. |
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