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Do Aliens Exist? | Sadhguru

The possibility of extraterrestrial life has fascinated the human imagination since time immemorial. This is a topic that evokes hopes and fears alike in our curious minds. Do Aliens really exist? Would they try to visit Earth, and either befriend or attack us, like often depicted in popular media and countless Hollywood sci-fi movies? The 1940s and 50s were rife with reports of ‘flying saucers’ and inexplicable sightings of ‘unidentified flying objects’ (UFOs). Notable scientists and astronome...

Transform your Life with Sadhguru

“As there is a science and technology to create external well-being, there is a whole dimension of science and technology for inner well-being.” —Sadhguru

According to a 2022 poll conducted by the American Psychological Association, people in America are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress impacting their daily lives (Source). In this survey, 27% of the respondents reported inability to function because of the external stress factors which are out of their control. Nearly half of those ...

What Makes Lionel Messi Such an Extraordinary Player?

For most of us, our sense of vision, of seeing something in the world, comes as the most natural thing, worthy of no more thought. How many of us can remember that childhood episode of peekaboo when we learnt that just closing our eyes cannot make us or anyone else disappear? Sight comes so naturally to so many of us that we don’t think of it as a complex phenomenon happening in the background. Whether we’re watching fireworks lighting up the sky or staring at a TV screen, there’s incredible co...

How the Mind Can Overcome Pain | Sadhguru

“No one can cause mental pain to you. It is you – in reaction to something that happens around you.”- Sadhguru

Many of us create mental projections about situations which may or may not happen, and we may spend hours, if not days, thinking about how that situation would or could cause us distress. Many of us may also at times agonize over how someone wronged us in the past, and then we make it worse by reliving the situation time and again. 

In this video, responding to a question about pain, S...

What Yoga Says About Quantum Physics | Sadhguru

Has the concept of memory ever intrigued you?  Today we hear the word ‘memory’ associated with electronic gadgets. Isn’t it amazing  how a tiny chip can store   enormous amount of information? A few years ago technology like this was unimaginable. But, what is memory? Where exactly does it exist? How is it possible to access it? Is it volatile? Can it be found anywhere and everywhere? Existentially, what exactly do the terms ‘anywhere’ or ‘everywhere’ mean? 

In this video, Sadhguru explains  ho...

Why Breakup or Divorce Hurts

An understanding of why break up or divorce hurts can start your healing process in more ways than you may realize. For however brief or long your relationship lasted, you and your partner made a union. You lived jointly.

Now, you face separation. And, whether it was your idea or not, the idea of living separately can be quite daunting. There may be feelings of pain and hurt. And, from pain and hurt it is easy to fall into resentment and anger or depression and loneliness. Instead, understandin...

6 Ways to Protect Yourself from Negative Energies

What are negative influences? Have the words like black magic, occult, sorcery, witchcraft intrigued you? How do they work?  How do they affect us? Do they have the power to cause disturbances in our lives? Is there anything we can do to shield ourselves from them?

In this video, Sadhguru sheds light on this topic, saying, “There are people manipulating energies to cause harm to somebody, people can even cause death like this. In certain parts of India it’s very prevalent. One Veda among the 4 ...

Suffering from Lack of Self-Confidence?

Although as passengers we may never realize, an airplane almost never follows its predetermined flight path. About a thousand times a second, the autopilot calculates the difference between where the plane is and where it is supposed to be and issues corrective action to the pilot who is always hyper-alert. The same analogy can be used for driving. Even if it’s a straight road, if you doze off or take your hands off the steering wheel, even for a millisecond, you can drift out of the lane and r...

The Elixir of Life: The Pineal

“The moment you become dependent on another person, nobody on this planet is truly reliable.” – Sadhguru

Is there really any freedom in our lives if we are dependent on others for our own blissfulness? How would we change the way we live if we were no longer compelled toward others for our pleasure? How would we treat others when the compulsion that ties us to them melts into the desire to simply be with them, needing nothing in return? What would that mean for the world at large? What would th...

Overcoming Belly Fat and Other Health Issues

Today, a significant portion of the population tends to have sedentary lifestyles, primarily due to the nature of their employment. This holds true for both women and men, as many jobs involve prolonged periods of sitting and minimal physical activity. And it is an established fact that such lifestyles can lead to weight gain and obesity which are linked to increased risk of developing several health problems. But, are women at a higher risk when compared to men? Do yogic practices have any pot...