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yes this is true, but the problem with taking substances is that it may create subtle change, give a simple realization that there can be another way to BE within ones self, but its not Transformative generally speaking, Transformation means nothing of the old remains. So once in an Experience of Love/Bliss as a natural Experience then everything transforms, the perception of the world is transformed, and enhanced, then Life opens up, Possibility and Potentials in life become accessible, the path to Enlightenment comes closer to living reality!

yeah, its nuts,, but just the way he handles it, and the way he has done things in the physical world, he's the example of how it should be, how it works,jeez he just had brain surgery in March, he's back to normal go go go constant activity now, and how anyone can do the same (not with the same results or fame, but the internal experience of it, he's humble, honest about it, and many will say its is fanatical and crazy for those ppl to act in this way, but they realize and see what he is and are using it to bring themselves to the same state of experience, many fall and have to get up to do it all over again but at least they are trying)...

I would not say there are Two True Selves, if that is so, then one needs medical/psychological help.. There is only One You within, everything else is accumulated and gathered on top of this true one Self, this accumulation process is needed to live this Embodied Life, if is is not happening, then there is no Embodied Life and we will have no Experience and Expression possible, and that is why we are here to explore this dual, material, Experience/Expression game, so Absolute can know itself, we are the Absolute fundamentally, with a form, body/mind complex dealing with this dual material karmic world...

Keep doing what Your doing, there is allot of unpacking to do, karma that has to come up and be dealt with, a Year of consistent Sadhana/Mediation practice is not going to deal with it all, but it will over time, keep doing what Your doing and you'll realize there is no other place that is a heaven of sorts, then a place like we are living here, its all internal, its all in how Your Perceive and Experience life within Yourself, You can determine Your own Experience, is it heavenly or hellish, that is our free will and choice to decided how we want to Experience it, but is a striving of sorts...

Awareness is the wrong word to use, awareness is a life form thing, all living things/form have an Awareness, we Humans have the most capability in regards to Awareness, compared to a ant or plant, which has Awareness but its limited to Survival Processes, it may be different than ours but its limited, ours is not, we can Be Aware of things above Survival processes, like the Birth and Death of the Universe, the tiniest things within our own bodies, if one strives for it they can be Aware of many things from Gross to Subtle.. What Your talking about, in my understanding via your writings here, is Consciousness or Brahman, Absolute or Reality as an Grand Intelligence that is Creator and Creation as the sametime... We as Humans have the most capability of being intouch with this Brahman or Intelligence, Awareness of it is a part of this process!

Yes but that is what I am asking for, the environment is not as harsh as Canada, which is very large and vast as well land scale wise, and with winter harshness, the use of the land is limited, but we build railways, and other things that make it work, they haven't in Africa and they have been around in that land allot longer than we have in terms of using the land for our purposes, that is what I am saying, yes they have their issues with land usage and how to make it works for their population, all countries and continents have this issue, but Africa and Africans have had allot more time to deal with it and they haven't..we have and that is the issue...

I find it interesting a Continent like Africa, its like India as one of the oldest, if not oldest culture on the planet, and its so far behind on quality of life for its people on all levels, in comparison, a place like Canada where I live, its not as bad as it used to be, but in the winter months, which used to be almost half the year, its cold and inconvenient as hell, the harshest of environments but the quality of life here is high, very very high compared to other places and and much much higher than in Africa, but their environment is not as harsh as it is here in Canada, but we've made it work, why is this, and we are multi cultural now, very diverse now, but in my younger days, it was either Europeans (which dominated the population) or Aboriginals, which pale in comparison in population and quality of life compared to Europeans that are here...

Tolle's book New Earth, which is all about Ego, he goes indepth on it, really awakened my to my Ego and how it functions, when that happens its an awakening and You cannot go back to normal after that.. Its the Identification with Ego, a false self, mask of sorts used for social situations and communication, its Survival level stuff, not Consciousness level stuff... that is the problem, thinking/believing You are the Ego or Mask, then it is a problem, if You know You are not this mask and its a real experience then no problem with Ego...its needed in a society with many different sorts of ppl living within it..

Love or Bliss (you only want Love, Connectedness, Completeness because it gives You a great sense of Bliss) is the grease that keep things flowing smoothly, its is not a goal in and of itself, its just allows Enlightenment to happen smoothly and with Ease, why have challenges and suffering along the way when You can enjoy the ride and get there anyways!!!

We are all in ego trips ppl, Ego is what allows us to function as we are here, we communicate among ourselves, each with individual perspective that are slightly or greatly different to one another, which is the beauty of this sort of Creation and World we are living in, we can have just as much differences and individuality as well as Oneness, Completeness and Connectedness as well, they are both within our Capability, its only a matter of identification, how do You know You are identified with Ego, the mask, the false self that has beliefs and such, and shares it? When someone says something contrary to what Your Ego is telling You, and it stirs something up in your internal Experience then identification with Ego is present, how intense the feeling is and how long it lasts says everything, if its a short duration thing, then identification is weak or getting weaker, if it is long in duration then identification is strong or getting stronger, so use this place for that reason as well, and work on it... Ego is neither good or bad, its something we have to deal with, its the Identification with it that is the problem...

It was a Neil Degrasse Tyson TV show where he said we share the DNA of flowers, plants, ants, insects, trees and such in our own DNA, that is physical proof that something is going on, we were something before we were this human being we are now, so reincarnation as they state it in Hinduism and yoga makes logical sense to me, which means the law of Karma, Cause and Effect, Residual results of Actions taken affect our daily lives, and Free Will is quite correct conceptually. the question is how did they know this a few thousand years ago? They knew it because they knew the mechanics of Life, how it started and how it will end, the complete story because we are micro Universes, everything is connected, we are not separate from it, on Body/Mind level we are, that is the beauty of this creation, of being Human, we have Individuality and Oneness/Completeness with Everything at the sametime, no other life has this ability to Experience and/or Choice to invoke within themselves!

Sadhguru returnng to India after a 7 mth leave, its the longest he has been away from India, quite the return party!!!

@Actualising Its good You have a good example to live up too, I would investigate all You can on how to be like Osho, watch all his videos, contemplate what he is saying, do some of his practices, and see what happens.. Don't listen to anyone about what is right or wrong, be Yourself BS, just get to be like Osho as much as possible, what comes of it will be what comes of it, naturally Your own expression will arise and come forth for all the see!

I think the key thing is the there are many levels between the 2 categorise, its not just ppl that believe and ppl that know, there are those that have had the experience of Oneness, it changed them but did not Transform them, big difference! Transform means nothing of the old remains, that is not the case here for many, for some maybe. I'm in the middle, I've gone thru the theory and belief stage, I've done years and years of sadhana and work, now not so much, not in the traditional way, but all of this has created a certain Karma for Me, I'm on the tip of the peak it seems, still have a ways to go, ego still flares up but it vanishes quicker after a flare up every year, even in a bad mood, treating ppl well it natural for Me, jokes come out naturally, my interaction is not selfish for the most part, unless You cut me off in traffic lol, can't stand that:) I'm just took caught up in a few survival processes, someday it may drop internally as a Realization, then I will go from there...

I've shared the 5 Sheaths Theory before here on the Forum, I think it explains it well and detailed as to what reincarnates and such... What dissolves at physical death is the Earth Body and the Mind Body (Intellect, Discretion, Personal Memories and such), what goes on is the Energy Body, Etheric Body, Bliss Body (I am not sure what the Bliss Body is, is it a covering for the Atman/Soul, or is it that itself??) Karma is Stored in the Energy Body, so that goes along as reincarnation is happening... Some of what Your talking about is not Karma, its Duality at play which can cause Karma to be in place and being created moment to moment I guess? Karma is cause and affect, residual memory imprints from previous actions in 4 places as a Human Being, Body, Mind, Emotion and Energy, action in these 4 areas are happening on a moment to moment basis, how Aware are You/WE of these actions all the time?? Probably its at a nil level, so therefore most ppl are living by accident, not on purpose or with Consciousness of What they are, and What it means to be Human...But the situation is set up to be perfect almost, Nature if left alone is almost Perfect, the way our planet revolves around the Sun for as long as it is and will be, its perfect, as it the rest of the Universe and Existence, but things are not so perfect on this planet in the Human World, cause we have Free Choice/Will to chose how to experience this perfect place and Universe, via Unconsciousness or Consciousness??

@Someone here Because I can't remember any previous lives or physical deaths, I try not to believe or disbelieve anything I learn about, especially matters such as this, reincarnation, but it sounds good! I think this process comes about via Karma at play, it has to be worked out or burned up and most times it takes more than 80 yrs to do so, since ppl are creating more Karma along the way, so as they say many lifetimes are needed to play it all out... In the end its all about Absolute, this Brahma getting to experience and express itself imho, otherwise why are we and all this creation here?? Sadhguru says to never ask why, when You do then as story has to be told to You and via that a belief or disbelief is born which leads us further away from Experientially knowing, someday we will find out for sure:)

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From the winter in the United States, Sadhguru is all set to return to the warm bosom of Bharat

Yoga is like any discipline, its needs a Teacher/Guru/Sifu for sure, at least at the beginning stages which is critical for development.. When I learned Martial Arts, Wing Chun to be specific, there are many lineages and styles of Wing Chun, I first learned one style from a Sifu, at the sametime I learned from books and videos (this was before the internet was born) from my Sifu's teacher, this helped too, but the primary was my focus and practices schedule and intensity of desire to learn and progress.. Yoga is slightly different in this manner, with Asanas for sure You need a Teacher to teach You the postures and poses and breathing is correct, this can take a long time (unless Your in an intensive training course), but the other things like spiritual Transmission and other such esoteric practices/methods totally require the Guru to be present, not physically present but One being Initated by the Guru and the person being dedicated to just that Guru... Today this is frowned upon because ppl are brought up to independent and self reliant, yes they can do it themselves but it will take lifetimes and not just one lifetime with the Guru's presence and assistance on all levels of what it means to be Human. this is not considered in ppl's minds today, especially in the West.. Everything that the West has borrowed from the East is low quality and bastardised beyond belief, this is true in Martial Arts and Spirituality!!

Boredom is a clear sign that One is a Slave to External Senses being stimulated, the Mind is craving stimulation from the 5 senses, this is natural in a basic survival way, but its not top level Human Ability or Capability.. Top Level Human Capability is Your in complete control of How You Experience Life Moment to Moment, this is not a Thinking process, its a Natural Process, like when You get hungry, Your not thinking food (some may if they are addicted, but if Your healthy, You will at one time or another during the day get Hungry), its just comes to you as a feeling/experience that it is getting close to eating time, its the same with Creating Your Own Experience, You consciously chose how You want to feel then it comes to You..Of course this sort of Control has to come with striving for it, so that it is a natural thing.. So Boredom is basically for those ppl that do not experience Life at its highest intensity, their Mind Identified and driven and therefore will not be able to feel the Intensity of Life, as Mind is not Life Orientated, its Past/Future, Memory/Imagination orientated, and Life is not found there, its found in the Present Moment and Mind is never orientated in the present Moment...

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Of course I've seen him use this reference many times before, since I've watch most all video's available with Sadhguru, lol.. With this I think he is just trying to suggest that there are three entities at play here, if the word entity is the right word to use.. There is the Body and Mind, then there is You. With language it doesn't do this concept or reality any justice, its actually makes it more confusing, but its simple once You Experience it for Yourself.. As he says, You have accumulated or gathered both the Body and Mind, Body via the Food You have eaten (hence the 1st Sheath Food/Earth Body) and Mind via the input of data from the 5 sense organs (hence the 2nd Sheath Mental Body, which also denotes the intelligence that is prevalent throughout the system, not the calculating/survival based sort of intelligence, but an intelligence that is not memory based), the key question he raises is, if these two things were Accumulated/Gathered, what was there before this accumulation process happened, something had to be there for it too happen, what that is is what You Are... So by creating a conscious space btwn Your Body/MInd and You, once that is established, then Suffering is impossible and life Potential opens up big time in one's life!!

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Sadhguru on the lost concepts of Heaven and how this is a disability to humanity, to think that there is another place better than this place.. The key is that Life is within You, and it is outside of You but first You have to discover that You are Life itself, and when You realize this then Bliss is natural for You, and via that "What about Me" leaves You and then You can open up other Potentials for You to explore, that is Enlightenment comes into play in Your Life..