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How to Remain Focused and Energetic as You Age

As human beings, we have something very valuable in our ability to focus our attention on different aspects of life.  “If you get interested in something, everything in you gets focused on that thing, isn’t it?  Whatever that thing is.  But most people do not know how to find any interest in life unless they’re hormone fired,” Sadhguru says.  “It’s an evolutionary issue.”

Sadhguru explains, “Every other creature is only interested in that, which is either its survival or its reproductive.”  He ...

How to Make Every Day in 2023 a Celebration

As we enter the second month of 2023, the celebratory spirit that often arises around the turning of the new year may be fading for many. The new year brings a feeling of possibility and excitement, and this time is rightly celebrated, but this feeling does not always last. Is it possible to maintain that excitement and bring it into each day of the new year? How can we make every day into a celebration? 

While it may be impractical to have a full on celebration every day, keeping a celebratory...

The Key to True Love

Our first love shook the ground beneath us and left us speechless. The sky felt bluer, the grass greener, the air mysteriously perfumed. No one seemed more handsome, more beautiful, more tailor made-for-us than the object of our affection. Such an overwhelming emotion had to be true. And it had to last forever, we were certain of it. 

But for some of us, perhaps many of us, it did not. Perhaps, stranger still, the broken pieces of our heart healed faster than we would have imagined possible. An...

What Did Jesus Mean by “Turn the Other Cheek?”

People familiar with the teachings of Jesus will have likely heard the phrase “turn the other cheek.” Ultimately, though, what does this teaching really mean? Is Jesus suggesting we should allow ourselves to be abused? Is there some metaphor at work here? Does the teaching apply to everyone all the time, or was it perhaps more like specific guidance for specific people at specific times?

If you’ve ever wondered about any of this, you’re not alone. During a Q&A session, an audience member asked ...

Harnessing the Mind’s Potential

Have you ever absentmindedly placed your car keys somewhere, and so you can’t find them just when you need to leave for work? Sometimes we look frantically and just can’t seem to locate lost items, while on other days, when we are a little calmer within ourselves, we seem to locate them fairly quickly. Many successful sports stars also credit their increased resilience and competence to a calm state of mind. Is it possible to consciously train our mind to be organized and calm in responding to ...

How to Be Alone without Feeling Lonely

The population of planet Earth is higher than it has ever been. Human beings are more closely connected, by the advent of technology, than we have ever been. Reaching different parts of the world in just a few minutes or hours is very much a reality, unlike just a few years ago. We have a front row seat to watch details of the lives of people we don’t even know through social media. And yet, as a generation, we are more lonely than we have ever been. Why is that? And what can we do about it?

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What to Do When You’re Confused

In our world, many of us were taught that being decisive is a desirable trait. When we look to popular media for representations of successful people, whether they be leaders, business people, or even athletes, do they not tend to be represented as strong willed, clear, and single minded? Would it not be strange to see a political leader or CEO confess to being very confused and unclear? 

Clearly, we are often given the message that confusion is something to be avoided. Clarity is highly prized...

Sadhguru in Conversation with Mike Tyson

In this candid, open-hearted conversation, former world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson asks Sadhguru some penetrating questions about various aspects of human experience. Topics covered include understanding fear, cultivating joy, and recognizing the roles that imagination and memory play in human suffering. Full of lively exchanges, wit, and humor, this conversation has something for everyone.

In a moment of powerful vulnerability, the former champ asks Sadhguru about the nature of fear, ...

Of Free Speech, Twitter Bots, and Trolls

Over the last two decades, social media sites have gone from seldom-used, lighthearted, fun ways to connect with people and express ourselves online, to a series of apps and websites that are seemingly constantly fraught with controversy and serious social dilemmas. For instance, multiple studies have shown significant correlations between the rise of social media use and skyrocketing rates of depression and anxiety among teens and tweens. In addition, recent news reports describe the popular a...

Sadhguru in Conversation with Ginger Zee

In a lively and educational conversation on “Soil and Agriculture,”  Sadhguru is joined by the Chief meteorologist of ABC news, Ginger Zee. They discuss various important topics brought to light by the Save Soil movement while jokingly touching on Sadhguru’s extreme commitment to bring attention to the global soil crisis. For instance, as part of the Save Soil Movement, Sadhguru, on 21st March, 2022, embarked on a motorcycle journey of 30,000 km across 27 nations, passing through the UK, Europe...