Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy

by Sadhguru

phenomenon.

There is also a fifth sheath, the anandamayakosha, which is beyond the physical entir...

In this state, you are no more an issue in your own life. When you are no more an issue, you can fearlessly explore

the beyond.

When you touch this dimension beyond definition, the impact of time and...

This accounts for the many stor...

time. This is possible not because of physical endurance, but because in these states,...

the process o...

It simply tells you that if

the physical, mental, and energy bodies are perfectly aligned, you will find access to the bliss body.

But making your inner life blissful is something that everyone is capable of. It cannot be denied to you, if you are willing.

You can play with life whichever way you want, but life cannot leave a single scratch upon you.

When you sleep every night, suddenly the people around you disappear, the

world disappears, and even you disappear. You are still alive, everybody around you is alive, but in your experience everything evaporates, because

these five sense organs have gone into “shutdown” mode. The sense organs are limited. They can perceiv...

Additionally, the senses perceive everything only in relation to something

else. If I touch a metal object and it feels cool to my fingers, it is simply because my body temperature is warmer. Suppose I lower my temperature and touch it, it would

feel warm...

the very seat of your experience is within you, but your perception is entirely outward bound.

If even an ant crawls upon your skin you can sense it right away, but there is so much

blood flowing within you that you cannot feel.

It is like your experience of the night: the sun has not gone; it is just that the planet is looking the other way.

Hatha yoga is not exercise. It is, instead,

about understanding the mechanics of the body, creating a certain atmosphere, and then using physical postures to channel or drive your energy in specific directions.

This is the aim of the various asanas, or postures. That kind of posture that allows you to access yo...

If you have observed yourself, when you are angry, you sit one way; if you are happy, you sit another way; if you

are depressed, you sit another way. For every different level of consciousness, or psychological state, your body naturally tends to assume certain postures.

If you consciously get your body into different postures, you can eleva...

Learning to listen is the essence of intelligent living.

It is becoming a norm in the world that growth happens only painfully.

If you sit for just a few hours a day with your spine erect, you will see that it will have an unmistakable effect on your life.

When it is allowed to forget, it often starts making fanciful demands; when it is constantly reminded, it knows its place. This contact with the earth is a vital reconnection of the body with its physical source.

Those who have looked within themselves closely and attentively realized there was no need to look at the macro version.

They say how long a minute is essentially depends

on which side of the bathroom door you are! Those inside say, “Just a minute, I’m coming.” That one minute, for the person outside, is an eternity!

In ancient India, there were courtesans who were masters in the art of seduction. They wore elaborate jewelry that seemed impossible to remove.

The whole body was covered in ornaments. If you had to take them off one by one, it would take a long time. The man, fired up by lust, would want to

undress this woman, but it was in vain. She would go on encouraging him with more intoxicants—a little more, a little more, and a li...

his task grew even more difficult, and eventually, he would fall fast asleep, snoring. But there was just one pin; all it took was...

would fall down. That trick only she knew. Life is a bit like that. It is a complex web, but there is one simple pin. And that is you...

If you are over thirty years of age, it is best to reduce it to two meals per day.

Our body and brain work at their best only when the stomach is

e...

So be conscious of eating in such a way that within two and a half hours, your food moves out of the stomach, and within twelve to eighteen hours completely out of the system...

much more energy, agility, and alertness. These are the ingredients of a successful life, irrespective of...

The pranic value of all seeds is tremendous, because they represent concentrated life.

Consequently, consuming anything in seed form can greatly enhance human health on many levels.

Suppose you take a bit of uncooked rice and place it in your mouth for a minute or more, you will notice that it turns sweet. This sweetness is happening because

right there in your mouth carbohydrates are getting converted into sugar (an essential part of the digestive process) by an enzyme called “ptyalin,” which is in

your s...