Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga

by Sadhguru

Maya does not mean illusion, although it is often reductively interpreted

as such. It simply means our experience of life

Shiva is considered an emblem of destruction – not because he is out to destroy you, but because he is already destroyed!

he realized that a truly enlightened being lives life and death simultaneously, at every single moment.

People are ignorant by choice, not compulsion.

This is a fundamental yogic insight: the geometry of the individual and the universe are identical.

There was a difference between her and the sages: she was in love with him; the sages were in love with what he had. Because of her level of perception and receptivity, she did not go through the steps; Adiyogi just took her directly to the peak of attainment.

refusing to identify with that which one gathers (however precious it may be), is the ultimate doorway to knowing.

The problem with most seekers, however, is that they confuse intensity with tension, and relaxation with laxity.