By Sadhguru
In Times Of India
You can think about God, liberation , spirituality, but the thought itself can never be spiritual; it is a psychological process. Mind, body and emotion are different dimensions of life. There is nothing right or wrong about them. It all depends on how you use them — but they cannot be spiritual.
Spirituality does not belong to the physical realm. It is a dimension beyond the integrated mechanism of body, mind, emotion and physical energy. A human being is just the play of the five elements: water, earth, air, fire and space. But this play is so beautifully constructed that it is complete by itself. Though this and the rest of existence are of the same material, because of its integrity, it looks absolutely individual right now.
Creation is so perfect within itself, you could forget the Creator, and still it would go on. Creation does not need to draw from anything. The problem is, once you realise the perfection of what this is, you will forget God and will lean on something else. If you do not lean on anything else, if you do not need anything from the outside, either a relationship, psychological or emotional help, nothing, you become like the Creator. A piece of creation naturally transforms itself into the Creator itself.
If you just want to cross the limitations of your existence, if you just want to enjoy the freedom and bliss of it, all it takes is an intense focus towards any one thing. This is not possible for people who are doing too many things at the same time. If you want to get somewhere, you have to stick to one thing.
There are four dimensions of yoga: gnana, bhakti, karma and kriya. People who are highly intellectual, who are totally up there, are socially incompatible. Those who are absolutely devoted, they are also socially incompatible. People who are totally in service, they are socially incompatible. Those who are too much on energy, they are also socially incompatible.
If these four dimensions are handled in even balance, you can attain the height of experience and yet be socially compatible. If you have to go beyond the barriers of what is considered normal and still be socially compatible, it is important that your body, mind, emotion and energy are evenly cultivated. Only then you can be utterly blissful and still be efficient and capable in everything that you do.
Once this is achieved, there is tremendous freedom to create anything that you want around you or within you or anywhere in the world because the very fundamentals of life are in your hands. Suddenly, there is no more limitation of time and space. If this capability has to come, the first thing is to get into ecstatic states, absolutely mindless ecstasy.
Those who are not willing to work to achieve ecstasy choose alcohol or drugs. If people create some sense of freedom chemically or by other external means, you will notice when they don’t have that support, they become utterly miserable. If people just escape by chance, if they have not built their own ladder to climb at will, they get psychologically broken.
Enlightenment is beyond logic. There is nothing, so you cannot ruin it. When there is nothing, then everything flows through you. Whatever has to happen in this Existence, it has to flow through you; you become the gateway. If you have the inclination, Existence is within your grasp. You can explore almost everything.
In Times Of India
You can think about God, liberation , spirituality, but the thought itself can never be spiritual; it is a psychological process. Mind, body and emotion are different dimensions of life. There is nothing right or wrong about them. It all depends on how you use them — but they cannot be spiritual.Spirituality does not belong to the physical realm. It is a dimension beyond the integrated mechanism of body, mind, emotion and physical energy. A human being is just the play of the five elements: water, earth, air, fire and space. But this play is so beautifully constructed that it is complete by itself. Though this and the rest of existence are of the same material, because of its integrity, it looks absolutely individual right now.
Creation is so perfect within itself, you could forget the Creator, and still it would go on. Creation does not need to draw from anything. The problem is, once you realise the perfection of what this is, you will forget God and will lean on something else. If you do not lean on anything else, if you do not need anything from the outside, either a relationship, psychological or emotional help, nothing, you become like the Creator. A piece of creation naturally transforms itself into the Creator itself.
If you just want to cross the limitations of your existence, if you just want to enjoy the freedom and bliss of it, all it takes is an intense focus towards any one thing. This is not possible for people who are doing too many things at the same time. If you want to get somewhere, you have to stick to one thing.
There are four dimensions of yoga: gnana, bhakti, karma and kriya. People who are highly intellectual, who are totally up there, are socially incompatible. Those who are absolutely devoted, they are also socially incompatible. People who are totally in service, they are socially incompatible. Those who are too much on energy, they are also socially incompatible.
If these four dimensions are handled in even balance, you can attain the height of experience and yet be socially compatible. If you have to go beyond the barriers of what is considered normal and still be socially compatible, it is important that your body, mind, emotion and energy are evenly cultivated. Only then you can be utterly blissful and still be efficient and capable in everything that you do.
Once this is achieved, there is tremendous freedom to create anything that you want around you or within you or anywhere in the world because the very fundamentals of life are in your hands. Suddenly, there is no more limitation of time and space. If this capability has to come, the first thing is to get into ecstatic states, absolutely mindless ecstasy.
Those who are not willing to work to achieve ecstasy choose alcohol or drugs. If people create some sense of freedom chemically or by other external means, you will notice when they don’t have that support, they become utterly miserable. If people just escape by chance, if they have not built their own ladder to climb at will, they get psychologically broken.
Enlightenment is beyond logic. There is nothing, so you cannot ruin it. When there is nothing, then everything flows through you. Whatever has to happen in this Existence, it has to flow through you; you become the gateway. If you have the inclination, Existence is within your grasp. You can explore almost everything.
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