Vinaire's BlogEnlightenment Day 2021 | Sadhguru | Arundhati Subramaniam |Book Launch
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Sadhguru in conversation Arundhathi Subramaniam @ Mystic Kalinga Festival, Kalinga Lit Fest
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Sadhguru with Arundhathi—On knowledge and philosophy
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Akasha: The Most Mysterious of the Five Elements
SUMMARY: Akasha is ether and not space.
What does it take to Access Akashic Records?
Akasha is a boundless dimension. It is mystical in nature. It is one of the five elements of this creation. If we increase the proportion of Akasha in our makeup our ability to perceive is tremendously enhanced. This ability to perceive is different from intellect. It goes beyond the five senses. It gives the person a great sense of freedom in that one is not tied down to anything. It gives you mastery over the five elements. One goes beyond the sense of inward and outward. It is constantly going in and out as in breathing. The elements do not respect the boundary of your body. There is no privacy. You expose yourself completely to the elements. Move to a loser level of clothing. There must be space between your body and what you wear. Attention comes before any practice. By attention one knows there is a transaction (not by intellect).
First take charge of the most obvious transactions—breath, food, consumption of water, temperature of the body and outside. Just pay a little more attention to these obvious transactions. You will see that the experience of life will rise to a completely different level. Be aware of everything you are doing.
The possibility of knowing the dimensions of the beyond, and dipping into the mystical nature of existence is very much rooted in the elemental composition of who we are. Fantastic things can also turn your life upside down.
SUMMARY: Akasha seems to be the dimension of attention that is spread over everything that is contained in space—from matter to quantum particles to electromagnetic radiation to more esoteric particles and radiation related to sensations, emotions and thought. The attention is made up of awareness and curiosity. Akasha = “attention filling the space”.
Reference: Inner Engineering (Content)
This paper presents the summary of Part two, chapter 2.7.1 from the book, INNER ENGINEERING By Sadhguru. The contents are from the first edition (2016) of this book published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
The summary of the original material (in black) is accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.
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“Raghavendra Rao, the yoga teacher I met as a boy, led a life that would be considered superhuman by conventional standards. He was known as Malladihalli Swami because he hailed from the village of Malladihalli, which is in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka. He was known to do 1,008 surya namaskars a day. Later, after he was ninety years of age, he brought the number down to 108 (not because he wasn’t capable, but because there was no time). That was his spiritual practice. In addition to being a yoga master, he was a wonderful Ayurvedic doctor. He was one of the few nadi vaidyas—traditional physicians who diagnose your ailment by feeling your pulse. He would not only tell you what disease you had today, but could predict what ailment was likely to afflict you in the next ten to fifteen years, and would teach the requisite remedial practices. One day in a week, he would be available in his ashram as an Ayurvedic doctor. Wherever he was, he would travel back to the ashram on Sunday evening to be there on Monday morning. If he sat down at four o’clock in the morning, he was there right through the day till seven or eight o’clock in the evening. Volunteers would come in shifts to help him, but he himself sat through the whole day. For every patient who came, he had a joke to tell. People would forget they had come for treatment. It was less like a doctor-patient interaction and more of a festival!
“This happened when he was about eighty-three years of age: One Sunday, late at night, he was at a railway station about forty-six miles from his ashram. He was with two companions, and they discovered that there was a railway strike. This meant no trains and no other means of transport. His commitment to his work was such that he left his two companions on the platform and just ran forty-six miles overnight on the railway tracks! At four o’clock in the morning he was at the ashram, ready to treat his patients. People at the ashram did not even realize that he had come running. Only when his other two friends reached there did they tell the others what Swamiji had done! That is how incredibly he lived. He lived up to the age of a hundred and six and taught yoga until his dying day.”
The above is the original text (as denoted by quotation marks) from the book. It narrates a wonderful story about Sadhguru’s boyhood Yoga Teacher. It highlights the dedication of that Yoga teacher to keep his schedule as an Ayurvedic doctor one day a week despite all his other work. On one occasion, the circumstances were such that he had to run forty-six miles overnight to keep his schedule the next morning. He did that at about eighty-three years of age.
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Reference: Inner Engineering (Content)
This paper presents the summary of Part two, chapter 2.7 from the book, INNER ENGINEERING By Sadhguru. The contents are from the first edition (2016) of this book published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
The summary of the original material (in black) is accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.
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The surya namaskar is a familiar sequence of yoga postures. It is neither just a physical exercise nor sun worship. Its objective is to organize the solar energies within you. The bodily cycles come in sync with the sun’s cycles. This produces an innate physical and psychological equilibrium that can be an enormous asset in one’s daily life.
The word “cyclical” denotes repetition. Anything that is physical, from the atomic to the cosmic, is cyclical. Between the menstrual cycle, which is the shortest cycle (a twenty-eight-day cycle), and the cycle of the sun, which is over twelve years, there are many other kinds of cycles. Yogic practice is always aimed at enabling you to ride the cycle, so you have the right kind of foundation for consciousness. The physical body is a fantastic stepping-stone for higher possibilities.
Samsar (संसार) is the repetitive nature of cyclical movements in this world. Being rooted in cyclical nature gives a certain firmness and steadiness to life. But once life has reached the level of evolution, it aspires to transcendence. It is left to individual human beings either to remain trapped in the cyclical, or to use these cycles to go beyond the cyclical entirely. Surya namaskar is an important tool that empowers human beings to break free from the compulsive patterns of their lives.
Surya namaskar is an important tool that empowers human beings to break free from the compulsive patterns of their lives.
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Reference: Inner Engineering (Content)
This paper presents the summary of Part two, chapter 2.6.1 from the book, INNER ENGINEERING By Sadhguru. The contents are from the first edition (2016) of this book published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
The summary of the original material (in black) is accompanied by brief comments (in color) based on the present understanding.
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“The body responds the moment it is in touch with the earth. That is why spiritual people in India walked barefoot and always sat on the ground in a posture that allowed for maximum area of contact with the earth. In this way, the body is given a strong experiential reminder that it is just a part of this earth. Never is the body allowed to forget its origins. 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. This restores stability to the system and enhances the human capacity for rejuvenation greatly. This explains why there are so many people who claim that their lives have been magically transformed just by taking up a simple outdoor activity like gardening.
“Today, the many artificial ways in which we distance ourselves from the earth—in the form of pavements and multistoried structures, or even the widespread trend of wearing high heels—involves an alienation of the part from the whole and suffocates the fundamental life process. This alienation manifests in large-scale autoimmune disorders and chronic allergic conditions.
“If you tend to fall sick very easily, you could just try sleeping on the floor (or with minimal organic separation between yourself and the floor). You will see it will make a big difference. Also, try sitting closer to the ground. Additionally, if you can find a tree that looks lively to you, in terms of an abundance of fresh leaves or flowers, go spend some time around it. If possible, have your breakfast or lunch under that tree. As you sit under the tree, remind yourself: “This very earth is my body. I take this body from the earth and give it back to the earth. I consciously ask Mother Earth now to sustain me, hold me, keep me well.” You will find your body’s ability to recover is greatly enhanced.
“Or if you have turned all your trees into furniture, collect some fresh soil and cover your feet and hands with it. Stay that way for twenty to thirty minutes. This could help your recovery significantly.”
The contact with the earth is a vital reconnection of the body with its physical source. This restores stability to the system and enhances the human capacity for rejuvenation greatly. That is why spiritual people in India walked barefoot and always sat on the ground in a posture that allowed for maximum area of contact with the earth.
DRILL: If you tend to fall sick very easily, try sleeping with minimal separation between yourself and the floor. Also, try sitting closer to the ground. You will see it will make a big difference.
DRILL: Go spend some time around a tree that looks lively to you, in terms of an abundance of fresh leaves or flowers. If possible, have your breakfast or lunch under that tree.
DRILL: When you sit under a tree, remind yourself: “This very earth is my body. I take this body from the earth and give it back to the earth. I consciously ask Mother Earth now to sustain me, hold me, keep me well.”
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