Sadhguru: 4 Important Life Lessons To Never Forget in Hard Times

Hustle for the mind’s muscle.

Sadhguru is an enlightened yogi (a yoga expert) from India. His real name, Jagadish Vasudev, has millions of followers dispersed all over youtube and social media.

In fact, Sadhguru teaches about inner change and the transformation of human lives.

On top of that, Sadhguru smears a unique “teaching style.” Being a wise & sophic teacher, Sadhguru conveys understandable teachings to every age group.

In Sadhguru’s words: “When pain, misery, or anger happen, it is time to look within you, not around you.”

Perhaps, everyone seeks mental peace — we just miscalculate the proper steps. Sadhguru’s teachings are pure that make doctors, CEO, managers, and scientist look like children.

Really!

I’ve been to India once.

Though I did not know Sadhguru existed in 2009, I met many pandits and gurus.

One thing I realized in India is that pandits and gurus are highly spiritual people. They might not have a master’s degree, but that doesn’t stop them from seeking the true path.

I sometimes wish to go back to 2009, revisit India, and (maybe) I might meet Sadhguru.

But as Sadhguru guides: “yesterday lives only in your mind.” I believe that rather than trying to go back, Sadhguru wants us to move forward. He’s right, indeed.

Long story short: I am a big follower of Sadhguru. Reading his book (Adiyogi, 2017), I made sure to steal plenty of life lessons worth memorizing. The below article is a blend of the tips I have learned.

Let’s get down to it. The top 4 teachings of Sadhguru…

1. Life has its own purpose

“Nothing in life is a problem. Everything is a possibility.” Sadhguru.

Sadhguru commands us to look at our lives closely — they transmit a meaning.

For instance, we believe that we’re the cursed ones — cursed with unfortunate situations, illnesses, and financial problems. We weep about unnecessary things all the time.

Each of us, including all living beings, has a reason to live. Plants and animals timber the environment, but they have a reason, too. Similarly, we do too.

Sadhguru guides us: we just have to see how to fulfill the purpose of our lives. This way, we can create a full-fledged life with a sense of balance, joy, and peacefulness.

How to apply?

Humans are a significant creation. We are born to balance the ecosystem.

• Although we are the luckiest, we are also the “sad ones.”

Look at animals and plants — do you see them sad, anytime? Or ego, perhaps? No…?

Sadhguru guides us that finding optimism and strength doesn’t have to be complicated. We have to remove the unnecessary whim and focus on fulfilling the true purpose. According to Sadhguru, to seek the inside power of us, we must:

• Observe

This way, we can understand our minds and ourselves.

I recall an interview in which Sadhguru was asked for a mantra to boost up the spiritual experience, to which he replied:

We spend more than 12 years to learn English- consisitng of 24 alphabets. How can you possibly thing you can achieve your purpose in 2 minutes?

He’s right. Finding the inner purpose is an everyday process — not a one-time job!

2. Intelligence is sincere, unidentified

The #1 quote I always follow is:

“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering.” -Sadhguru.

Sadhguru reminds us that knowledge is a (small thing.) We can focus on knowledge only if we unfasten the prison locks of generational trauma in the form of:

• Culture
• Religion
• Race
• Physical form
• Species

Groups make us unidentified, scatter us. Sadhguru believes that there is more unknown than known in this world.

“Our knowledge is always a small thing, but ignorance is boundless. You notice that, theists, atheists, they’re not different people. They’re pretending to be different.”

— claims Sadhguru.

He further believed that our ignorance would unfold from time to time. The more we’ll know about anything, the more we’ll realize there is much to be known.

So what is this known and unknown process? Sadhguru replied it’s a natural process called “seeking.”

How to apply?

Seeking knowledge is not bound by any religion or identity. You’ll only seek knowledge if you have both confidence and clarity.

Confidence without clarity is a tragedy. With so much happening in this world, there is no substitute for clarity.

Sadhguru says:

• “More confidence is always the most idiotic.”

Hence to be the right one, merge clarity with confidence.

How? Spend time earning and upgrading your knowledge. You’ll soon have a justification for the confidence (you nurture).

Remember, confidence without clarity is a blundersome situation—grip confidence and clarity alongside.

First, seek clarity, then build confidence.

3. Don’t talk about anything that is not in your experience

Sadhguru often says:

“Are you here to experience life or to think about it?”

-Sadhguru.

But he also believes that experience is a *personal thing.* It’s a solo journey we must walk alone. (Hard)

Nobody can help another person lift the spirit — it has to be individual.

Although Sadhguru talks about metaphysical and spiritual experiences, he pauses after a certain point. Nor he clearly replies to (experience) questions being presented to him.

Sadhguru knows things like:

• Chakras, kundalini, reincarnation, and spirits.

He guides people skillfully, to the point it’s familiar and not a competitive venture. Sadhguru often flips the question in some sort of funny response. The reason?

Sadhguru avoids discussion on topics unfamiliar to the students. He respects other people’s journeys.

Also, discussing stuff (we don’t know) creates confusion, fallacies, and misleads. (He’s being honest, always!)

How to apply?

Sadhguru bursts out:

“Educators feed you opinions and explanations based on things you haven’t experienced. In recent years, people have been talking about Gods, heavens, spirits, and souls with great confidence and authority. Are they talking about something they have experienced?”

Sadhguru believes: we’re different, and so are our purposes. We must not copy someone. This way, we’ll only realize we have been walking someone else’s path for so long.

He guides us to stay true to our purpose. And in that process, if you’re being questioned about your experience, just say:

• I don’t know yet, my friend.

It’s not a bad thing at all. Admitting that you don’t know isn’t shameful. However, it’s better than *pretending*.

One wrong thing about pretending is that your heart listens to the lie you speak. Hence, you lie to yourself.

Sadhguru guides us to act logically and express truth with confidence.

4. Keep going- forget the expectations

“Different people have different expectations of you, and these expectations are treading on each other.”

— adds Sadhguru.

Expectations are deadly. This way, we also hurt ourselves and the other person with whom we expect.

Hence, it leads to rejection.

Sadhguru speaks that expectations are physical and mental. We can not expect our minds to sweeten with one Sunday yoga we do. It creates unrealistic expectations.

In short, we must learn how our machine functions — body, mind, and soul. Plus, it is the only way to enhance our ability. Fancy expectations only hurt us.

In the long term, making wrong statements about oneself hurts our mental capability and self-confidence.

However, we must steer clear.

How to apply?

Suppose:

• Your neighbor is participating in a 100meter relay race.

Your mind instantly lights up that you can, too—this expectation grows from jealousy and comparison.

Sadhguru says: your expectations aren’t even yours in the first place. It’s always stolen — a result of jealousy. To refrain from it, we must understand our mental/physical capabilities. Besides, developing our mind and body in the right way allows us to “accept ourselves.”

• Only after that can we build true expectations.

Similarly, understanding ourselves helps to understand the lacking. Writing this article, I recalled a quote:

We say the grass is always greener on the other side. It’s not true. If the grass is always greener, maybe the owner waters daily, or it is fake.

Final Thoughts:

We always believed that “balance” is an equation we have to code — or a secret ingredient we can discover. But remember that the balance is neither a code nor a secret ingredient — it’s a weighing scale.

The scale where you put the mind on one plate and the soul on the other. Balancing is an internal process.

That’s why we typically fail when we don’t solve things with heart & spirit.

Now, you know…

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