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https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-10-2016#5#1302
Are you willing to disinvest from misery and invest in joy?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-19-2016#6#1303
Every creature on the planet holds its life phenomenally precious, not just human beings.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-17-2016#7#1304
Consciousness is the source of who we are. Our thoughts, intentions, and actions are a consequence of that.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-15-2016#8#1305
If you are miserable when alone, you are obviously in bad company.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-13-2016#9#1306
Just ask yourself – what do you really want of life? That is the direction you should go.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-11-2016#10#1307
Everything is spiritual if you are aware. Everything is material if you are not aware.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-09-2016#11#1308
Human beings suffer their own memory and imagination, which means they suffer that which does not exist.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-08-2016#0#1309
Do not take this body for granted – it is not going to be there forever.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-06-2016#1#1310
Too much activism, not enough actual activity is not good for any society.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-04-2016#2#1311
Devotion is a different form of intelligence. What you cannot perceive through the intellect, you can perceive through devotion.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-02-2016#3#1312
A love affair need not be with any particular person. You could have a great love affair with life itself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-31-2016#4#1313
Following a role model means trying to be something other than who you are. In this effort, your natural qualities will be lost.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-29-2016#5#1314
Light has empowered us to experience the world, brought colour into existence, and above all, it is the light within that liberates us. This Deepavali, may there be light within you. Love & Blessings,
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-07-2016#6#1315
Being blissful is not a goal by itself. It is just a good condition to make life’s journey.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-05-2016#7#1316
Renunciation essentially means you are working towards your freedom, from compulsiveness to consciousness.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-03-2016#8#1317
There is no such thing as right and wrong in life. The question is, are your actions appropriate and inclusive.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/november-01-2016#9#1318
Whatever you do, it is the way you do it that transforms you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-30-2016#10#1319
You cannot fight darkness. You have to light up, and the darkness will disappear.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-28-2016#11#1320
Death is a fiction of the unaware. There is only life, life, and life alone, moving from one dimension to another.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-27-2016#0#1321
Though the causes for mental ailments are many and sometimes out of hand, a culture of responsibility for one’s wellbeing could go a long way.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-25-2016#1#1322
Depression is becoming a pandemic; its origins are complex, from pathology to negative lifestyles. A culture of prevention is vital.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-23-2016#2#1323
I want every human being on the planet to blossom into a divine possibility.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-21-2016#3#1324
You may attach much significance to your birth, life, and death, but for Mother Earth, it is just a recycling process.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-19-2016#4#1325
You don’t have to fight for transformation. Something as gentle as a flower can bring fragrance to the atmosphere.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-17-2016#5#1326
If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream – truth is a fringe phenomenon.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-26-2016#6#1327
How a mother holds herself and her child in the period of pregnancy plays a significant role in the making of an individual.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-24-2016#7#1328
Do not underestimate negative relationships. You have a deep bond with those you hate, fear, or envy.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-22-2016#8#1329
The main cause of depression in the world today is too much eating, not enough physical activity.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-20-2016#9#1330
Whether you are compulsive about food, an activity, or people – it is not a question of right or wrong, but one of bondage or freedom.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-18-2016#10#1331
Whatever you are going through, if you are conscious about it and do your sadhana, it will fix itself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-16-2016#11#1332
If you become aware of how many living beings are giving their lives to sustain yours, you will eat with enormous gratitude.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-15-2016#0#1333
Belief leads people to accept the most ridiculous things as the absolute truth.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-13-2016#1#1334
You don’t have to be better than everyone else, but you have to be at your best.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-11-2016#2#1335
With gratitude for everything, success and victory will be yours.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-09-2016#3#1336
Creation is in the lap of the Creator, and the Creator is the core of creation.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-07-2016#4#1337
For human life to flourish, all other life forms on the planet also need to flourish.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-05-2016#5#1338
This body is a machine that gets better with use.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-14-2016#6#1339
Irritation, anger, hate, and rage are just progressions. If you feel the mildest sense of irritation, that’s what you need to work on.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-12-2016#7#1340
Devotion is not a dissection of life, but a total embrace.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-10-2016#8#1341
The feminine is the most powerful dimension of life. Without the feminine energy or “Shakti,” there would be nothing in existence.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-08-2016#9#1342
Do not settle for a limited experience of life. Where there is a limitation, there is a possibility of breaking it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-06-2016#10#1343
In celebrating the Divine Feminine, you will know the beauty of life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-04-2016#11#1344
In making an offering, you focus your energy in one direction. Once your energy is one-pointed, you will move forward in life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-21-2023#0#1345
The moment you transcend the limitations of your logical mind, there is no such thing as time and space.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-19-2023#1#1346
If you drop this one thought, ‘What about me?’ from your mind, you will become a living, walking temple.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-17-2023#2#1347
If you cannot make your mind peaceful, making the world peaceful is out of the question.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-15-2023#3#1348
Celebration is not an act. Celebration is the way you are.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-13-2023#4#1349
There are different kinds of Yogis. I am not the kind who raises the dead – I awaken the living.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-11-2023#5#1350
Technology has no quality of its own. How we use it is what makes or breaks us.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-20-2023#6#1351
Instinctive reaction is enslavement. Conscious Response is Freedom.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-18-2023#7#1352
On this Mahashivratri night, it is my wish and my blessing that you not only stay awake, but make it a night of Awakening. Light up this Night.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-16-2023#8#1353
The fundamental priority in life has to be life itself – not the accumulation of things and people, not social or psychological drama.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-14-2023#9#1354
Love is not a transaction; it is a certain exuberance and sweetness of your emotion.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-12-2023#10#1355
If you upgrade your activity without upgrading yourself, you are bound to break down at some point.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/february-10-2023#11#1356
Your anger is not about someone else. It is about you being out of control.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-21-2022#0#1357
The world needs you to be pleasant. But the spiritual process is about transcendence, not good behavior.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-19-2022#1#1358
If all of us did only what truly matters to every one of us, this world would be a fantastic place.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-17-2022#2#1359
Establish yourself in Yoga or Inclusiveness – then act. Beautiful things will come out of it.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-15-2022#3#1360
If you know how to handle your thoughts and emotions, there will be no such thing as anxiety, stress, or tension within you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-13-2022#4#1361
The purpose of a Guru is to throw light on dimensions that are not yet in your experience. Growth, not Solace is the purpose of a Guru.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-11-2022#5#1362
Human population has multiplied irresponsibly in the last hundred years. Where there is no space, there is more friction.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-20-2022#6#1363
Before you go to sleep, keep aside everything that you have accumulated, including your body and mind. If you sleep with this awareness every day, one day, you may wake up enlightened.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-18-2022#7#1364
Your opinions are a wall, not only for others but also for yourself. A closed mind means closed possibilities.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-16-2022#8#1365
Businesses need to stop looking at the world as a market. Once you see that what you call markets are people, your approach is bound to be more inclusive and sustainable.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-14-2022#9#1366
In keeping your Attention ceaselessly on, there is nothing that cannot be reached, experienced, or done.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-12-2022#10#1367
You do not have to prove anything to anyone. It is wonderful to be alive, to be who you are, and to grow. Ultimately, that is all that matters.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/july-10-2022#11#1368
There are no chosen ones in the world. The Divine is equally involved with everyone and everything.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-03-2016#0#1369
Life is a mystery to enjoy, not understand. The festival of Navratri is based on this fundamental insight.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-01-2016#1#1370
No job is inherently stressful. What causes stress is our compulsive reaction to challenging situations.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-29-2016#2#1371
The way you breathe is the way you think. The way you think is the way you breathe.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-27-2016#3#1372
You cannot grasp the source of existence, but you can merge with it. That is the nature of devotion.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-25-2016#4#1373
What you need to make your marriage successful is not the perfect person. What you need is absolute integrity.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-23-2016#5#1374
If for one moment you genuinely sit with me, you shall not be reborn.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/october-02-2016#6#1375
The way Mahatma Gandhi peacefully made an impact is unique in human history – possible only through India’s spiritual fundamentals.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-30-2016#7#1376
I want you to experience something more than your physicality. Your sadhana is your lifeline. I am with you.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-28-2016#8#1377
Your body should feel like breeze. Only then you are really healthy.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-26-2016#9#1378
The spiritual path is a journey from the bondage of boundaries to boundlessness.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-24-2016#10#1379
Everything in existence is the same energy, manifesting itself in a million different ways.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-22-2016#11#1380
Whether you can perform like someone else or not is not the point. The question is, do you explore your full potential?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-21-2016#0#1381
If we do not keep our minds peaceful, how can the world be peaceful? The conflicts in the world are a manifestation of the human mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-19-2016#1#1382
Time and space are just projections of your consciousness.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-17-2016#2#1383
If you want to live strong, you need to be in touch with the five elements every day.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-15-2016#3#1384
If you think you can half-heartedly love someone, there is no love. It is either one hundred percent or zero.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-13-2016#4#1385
To create something beautiful, the most important thing is a sense of abandon, to forget yourself for a moment.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-11-2016#5#1386
Karma is like old recordings that keep replaying. Yoga means to make life not just a replay but a profound possibility and experience.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-20-2016#6#1387
Inclusiveness is not just the fundamental nature of the spiritual process, but the very basis and goal of life itself.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-18-2016#7#1388
One who has lost the need for security is truly secure.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-16-2016#8#1389
Seeking what you know as the highest, with undivided attention, is a simple way of knowing life here and beyond.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-14-2016#9#1390
If you want to take charge of your destiny, the first step is to take charge of your own body and mind.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-12-2016#10#1391
When you wake up in the morning, the first thing you should do is smile. You are alive! Isn’t that the most valuable thing?
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-10-2016#11#1392
When I think, I do it with a definite purpose. Otherwise, there is so much life – no time for inane thoughts.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-09-2016#0#1393
The ultimate possibility that we refer to as Shiva is very alive and accessible, and it has always been.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-07-2016#1#1394
Boredom comes from not being involved with this cosmic happening that is life.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-05-2016#2#1395
Ganesh is a sage, a scholar, and a symbol of intellect, wisdom, and imagination. A big head means a lot of brain.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-03-2016#3#1396
If you truly want to celebrate my birth and yours, you should make this yoga a living reality in your life and in the lives of others.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-01-2016#4#1397
You can use yoga to get rid of your backache or improve your focus and peace of mind – or you can use it as a ladder to the Divine.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/august-30-2016#5#1398
Every cell in your body is working for your wellbeing. If you are in tune with your system, you will naturally be healthy.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-08-2016#6#1399
If it is good for you and everyone around you, if you do it with joy, involvement, and pride – do whatever you want.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-06-2016#7#1400
No one has ever achieved anything truly significant in any sphere of life without being absolutely devoted to what they are doing.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/au/en/wisdom/quotes/date/september-04-2016#8#1401
Let’s bring games, sports, and playfulness into our families, neighborhoods, villages, and towns. A ball can change the world.