Volume 5 / Issue 06 June 2017

My Day is Taken
My day does not belong
to Me. Today is My day
but does not belong to Me.
Yesterday, Today and the
Next day do not belong to Me.
Yes My day is taken to
unveil the most obvious,
as most are oblivious of
the Beautiful nature of
Being Human. The
boundaries of the Body have brought
bondage to the Being.
Knowing the Being that
we are, is all there is to see.
Yes My day is taken.

Grace & Blessings

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 EDITORIAL

Dear Readers,

In this issue, we offer you Sadhguru’s insights on a wide range of topics, from
concerns of a social nature: “Let Them Talk,” “When You Feel Let Down,” and
“The Importance of Being in the Right Company” to matters of or related to
sadhana: “Not the Body, Not the Mind,” “Creating Your Own Shrine at Home” and
the Lead Article “Transform Your Energies, Transform Your Life.”

Much has happened again in the last few weeks: Sadhguru has received the
Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest annual civilian award from President Pranab
Mukherjee; Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga Center now holds the Guinness World
record as the largest bust (sculpture); not to speak of a flurry of Isha events
and programs in India and abroad. We’ve picked some of the highlights for you.
The article “Population Matters – For a Sustainable Future” is excerpted from
the recent conversation between one of India’s most successful entrepreneurs,
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Sadhguru.

Also in this issue: In our Mahabharat series, Bhima enters “A Life and Death
Fight” with the die-hard Jarasandha to clear the way for the Rajasuya Yagna of
the Pandavas. “Obedience: Not a Solution” is an excerpt from Sadhguru Spot,
in which he shares his observations on obedience versus joy as the basis of
our relationships. With this month’s recipe, a tangy sweet “Malaysian Fruit and
Veggie Salad,” contributed by one of our volunteers, the diversity of Isha finds a
culinary expression.

The Editorial Team

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CONTENTS

LEAD ARTICLE MAHABHARAT

Transform Your Energies,

Transform Your Life 07 A Life and Death Fight 16

IN CONVERSATION WITH THE MYSTIC

Population Matters – For a Sustainable Future 4
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in Conversation with Sadhguru
LEAD ARTICLE
Transform Your Energies, Transform Your Life 7
MUSINGS
Let Them Talk 9
When You Feel Let Down 10
Not the Body, Not the Mind 11
The Importance of Being in the Right Company 12
Creating Your Own Shrine at Home 14
SADHGURU SPOT
Obedience: Not a Solution 15
MAHABHARAT
Part 31: A Life and Death Fight 16
NEWS & EVENTS
Events in Pictures 18
SHARING EXPERIENCES
A New Birth of Freedom 19
UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS
Isha Yoga – Program Highlights 20
ISHA RECIPES
Malaysian Fruit and Veggie Salad 21
ZEN SPEAKS
Zen in a Cup 23

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 IN CONVERSATION
WITH THE MYSTIC

Population Matters --
For a Sustainable Future
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in Conversation with Sadhguru

Sadhguru and Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, one of India’s most successful self-made women and the
founder-chair of the country’s leading biotechnology enterprise, Biocon, met on 22 April 2017 in
Bengaluru for an interactive conversation about some of the most pressing issues for humanity today.
In this excerpt, they discuss matters of environmental degradation, population, consumerism, and
consciousness.
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: So, how do we get a
sense of civic-mindedness in our country? Many
Where’s Our Civic Sense?
of us try to do it, but we finally give up. How do we
deal with all these issues?
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Since everyone here
is from Bangalore, I want to come to something
Sadhguru: Recently, a certain photograph has been
that really just plagues us every day, and that is
going around on WhatsApp, that on Hanuman
we’re seeing debris all over the place, we’re seeing
Jayanti, somewhere on the Mumbai-Pune road,
polluted lakes – we’ve got a lot of problems in this
someone had served a proper meal for over a
city. And everything has to do with us. We can’t keep
hundred monkeys. They’re all sitting in one row
asking the government to do everything – after all,
and eating from their banana leaves. So someone
it’s Swachh Bharat [Clean India Movement]. We all
asked me, “Sadhguru, how is this possible? Have
sort of accepted the fact that by 2020, India must
they photoshopped this?” I said, “No Photoshop.
become a clean country. And yet, three years later,
This is all it takes. If you make sure everybody is
if you look at what we are actually doing, we are
well provided for, they will get civilized.” Right now,
not changing our habits. We still keep chucking
everything is scarce. When everything is scarce,
litter all over the place; we pollute lakes. No one
people are elbowing each other and doing some
seems to have any civic sense in this country.
nonsense. A little more space is needed for human
beings. We are nice, but we are just too many.
Sadhguru: They are making the lakes look like
bathtubs...
In the beginning of the twentieth century, our
number was only 1.6 billion [world population].

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Today we’re 7.5 billion. In India, in 1947, we were
only 33 crores. Today, we are 134 crores. In seventy
years, a fourfold increase in the reproduction
is irresponsible. But this has not happened
just because of excessive reproduction. This is
happening because of a great increase in life
expectancy. In 1947, the average life expectancy of
an Indian was twenty-eight years. Twenty-eight –
you heard me.
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Now it’s sixty-eight.
Sadhguru: Which is a wonderful thing to happen.
But what this means is we postpone our death.
Simple arithmetic: if we postpone our death,
should we not also postpone birth? There was a
time when most young women in this country were
getting pregnant by the time they were fifteen or
sixteen. Today, it’s been pushed to around twenty,
on an average. We have to push it to thirty-five.
[Applause] Since you raised the gender issue – if
a woman does not deliver a child till she is thirty-
five, one thing is, most of the time, she will get well
educated, she will get professionally established,
and maybe she will get wisdom and not have a
child at all. [Laughter & applause]
You have to bring the human being to an inner
state of wellbeing where if he or she sits here,
life is complete.
There’s nothing bad about a child – we all
were born that way. It’s just that we are not an
endangered species. If you were a tiger, I would say
let us have fertility clinics. But we are human, and
we are reproducing too well. When I see the fertility
clinics, my heart sinks, because this stems from a
fanaticism that only what comes out of your body
can be yours. Why can’t others be yours as well?
This is what being human means. This is what
humanity means. If you are willing, you can live
here without any sense of boundaries. Boundaries
are not fixed upon you by nature. You are
unconsciously, compulsively setting boundaries
for yourself. That means you have not explored the
dimension of being human. You are still trying to
operate like any other creature on the planet.
If you explore the dimension of what it means to
be human, you will see inclusion does not mean
biology – inclusion means consciousness.
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If consciousness rises, you will make different
choices. We have hundreds of couples who are
Isha full-time or part-time volunteers. None of
them have children. They have chosen not to have
children of their own, because I’m giving them
thousands of children – millions if they are ready.
Where is the need to biologically identify with a
child? I’m thinking of something very audacious for
which I’ll become super unpopular. [Laughter] I’m
thinking of instituting an award for all those young
women who are healthy, who are capable of having
a child, but choose not to have one. [Applause]
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Well, you’ve got a good
endorsement for that.
Sadhguru: Because, whether you realize this today
or not… You think the problem is parking, garbage,
or healthcare – no! The problem is population.
Is there a Cure for Consumerism?
Questioner: Namaskaram, Sadhguru. Hindustan
has always been a self-reliant place. But today,
everyone has become a consumer. Consumerism
is increasing day by day, and along with that, the
piles of garbage, the pollution of rivers. Can you
advise us on how, in this age, we can become self-
reliant again?
Sadhguru: You will never ever succeed in controlling
human aspiration, but you can control human
population. [Applause] Right now, the United
Nations and others are making a prediction that by
2050, we will be 9.7 billion people on the planet. I
want you to imagine your life in Bangalore City. We
will have to live with forty percent less resources
than we have right now. When I say resources, I’m
not talking about oil, gold, diamond, and things like
that. I’m talking about food, water, air. In a minute,
you are probably taking something like twelve to
fifteen breaths. Try to make do with ten breaths,
and see how it feels.
That’s how you will be feeling in 2050, unless
we consciously control the population growth. If
we fail to do that, nature will do it to us in a cruel
manner, and maybe fix it. But is it not an insult
to our humanity and our intelligence if we do not
take corrective action, if we allow nature to do a
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cruel correction rather than we doing a conscious
correction?
Above all, in order to fix this, one thing that’s very
important is – though people think these two
things are not linked – if you become meditative by
your own nature, if you sit here, if you feel complete
by yourself, outside you will do only what is needed
– nothing more, nothing less. Right now, you are
in a compulsive state. In this state, you can’t stop
the consumerism. When I go to California and I
am staying in some house, of course they have a
Tesla. So, when we go to the program, I am driving
a Tesla. Nice electric car.
When you come back and park the car, you will
see a line of garages. All these beasts are sitting
there – [Hummer] H1s, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis.
Then what about the Tesla? This is just to go to
the office and make a statement. When no one
sees it, you start a twelve-cylinder car. So, don’t
try to control human aspiration. Otherwise, people
will become more and more devious. If we control
human population and make people joyful by their
own nature, then they will do what they really want
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to do. They will not do it because it’s compulsive.
Right now, if they want to be happy, they have to do
so many things.
You have to bring the human being to an inner
state of wellbeing where if he or she sits here, life
is complete. Right now, all of us are sitting here
in the same hall, breathing the same air, probably
we eat the same kind of food. But how I am within
myself in this moment, I will not exchange this with
anything in the universe. If you offer me the entire
world, I will say “no deal.” If you were like this,
would we have to talk to you about consumerism?
You would do what’s needed. You would never do
what’s not needed.
I want all of you to go and check at home. How
many things in your house have you not used in
the last one year? Most probably, you will never use
most of it again, but it will be there. Someone will
have the trouble of disposing this off after you’re
dead. Please give it away. All those things that you
have not used for one year, just give them away.
[Applause]
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Transform Your Energies,
Transform Your Life
Sadhguru on Prana and Its Role in the Kriyas
Whatever you do in life, how your body, your mind,
and your whole system function is ultimately
determined by your vital energy or prana. Prana is
an intelligent energy. Since prana has the karmic
memory of the individual imprinted on it, it functions
in each person in a unique manner. By contrast,
electricity does not have memory or intelligence.
It can light up a light bulb, run a camera, and do a
million other things, not because of its intelligence
but because of the particular device that it powers.
In the future, there may be smart electricity too.
If you manage to imprint energy with a certain
memory, you can make it behave in a certain way.
The Pancha Vayus
There are five basic manifestations of prana in the
body. These pancha vayus – prana vayu, samana
vayu, udana vayu, apana vayu, and vyana vayu –
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LEAD ARTICLE
direct different aspects of the human mechanism.
Through yogic practices like the Shakti Chalana
Kriya, you can to take charge of the pancha vayus. If
you gain mastery over these five vayus, you will be
free from most ailments, particularly psychological
ones. This is something that the world needs today.
Unless we act now, in the next fifty years, the
number of people who are psychologically
imbalanced, disturbed, or deranged will increase
many times over, due to various factors in our
lifestyles. We are handling many aspects of our
lives in a grossly negligent way, for which we are
going to pay the price.
If you take charge of your prana, whatever
the external situation may be, you will remain
psychologically balanced. Right now, a whole lot of
people are psychologically imbalanced, though not
everyone may have a medical diagnosis.
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 the breath for the full set of cycles.
Prana, Balance, and Health
That is why Shakti Chalana is always taught in
Suppose your hand does its own thing and pokes tandem with Shoonya. The Shoonya meditation
you in the eye, scratches, and beats you – that is is to bring yourself to a place where, if you close
a sickness. This is what most people’s mind is your eyes, the world is gone in your experience.
doing. Every day, it pokes them from inside, makes This is a blessing all of you should earn at some
them cry, bawl, or worry – in so many ways, it point. Only if you make yourself like this, are you
creates suffering for them. That means it is sick, capable of staying focused on something. Forceful
even if in a socially accepted manner. Every kind of concentration is not going to achieve anything.
suffering that human beings are going through day If you close your eyes, the only things that should
in and day out is created in the mind. This sickness
has set in, and it will multiply because of the social
structures, the technology around us, and various
Since prana has the karmic memory of
other influences. the individual imprinted on it, it functions
One who takes charge of one’s prana can be one in each person in a unique manner.
hundred percent assured to have unshakable Through yogic practices like the Shakti
psychological balance. This should also prevent Chalana Kriya, you can to take charge of
physiological ailments to a large extent, though the pancha vayus.
an element of risk remains due to various reasons,
including infections and all kinds of chemicals and
poisons that we are exposed to on a daily basis. exist for you are your breath, your heartbeat,
There is no absolute control over what we take processes in your body, and the workings of your
in through the air, water, and food, no matter how
careful we are about what we consume. How much
impact it has on us depends upon each individual.
Physiological health cannot be guaranteed
one hundred percent for external reasons. But
psychological wellbeing can be one hundred
percent guaranteed if you take charge of your
prana. If you are psychologically in an extremely
good place, a few physiological issues will not be a
problem. Most of the time, minor bodily conditions
are less of an issue than the reactions to them that
happen in your mind. How the pranas function
within you, how they transact with the rest of the
universe, how they enter a newborn, and how
they leave the dead, all clearly show they have an
intelligence of their own.

Shakti Chalana Kriya – Working with Your

Prana

It takes a certain level of attention and awareness

to know how the five pranas are functioning. The
Shakti Chalana Kriya is a fabulous process, but you
need to be attentive. It requires you to keep yourself
focused for forty to sixty minutes. Most people
can’t keep their mind on a full inhalation. Midway,
their thoughts wander off, or they lose count or
track. It takes months and years of practice to
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prana. Only what is happening inside is life. What
is happening on the outside is just imagery. Even
when you look at other people, you are not seeing
them out there but the way they are projected on
your screen [in your brain].
Staying Focused Is Key
Shoonya and other sadhana are towards that. How
far you go is a different question, especially in
today’s world. I am not against what is happening
today in terms of life around. But unfortunately, to
be flaky is fashionable – profound is out. With such
an attitude, there is no way you can move your
attention to how life works within you. This does
not mean that it is not possible for every human
being – it is. It all depends on what importance
you ascribe to it. If you make it your number one
priority, everything within you will organize itself
accordingly.
If your priorities are in different directions, you will
go all over the place, not getting anywhere, in terms
of life on a fundamental level. On a social level, you
may be getting somewhere. On a physical level,
your body is going straight towards the grave –
at the most, you can extend the route a little. As
far as your mind is concerned, it is going round
and round. Only if you focus on the fundamental
MUSINGS
Let Them Talk
Questioner: Namaskaram, Sadhguru. I tend to take
what other people think about me too seriously.
How to deal with that?
Sadhguru: First of all, do you really know what’s
happening behind your back? Or do you only
imagine what could be happening? Stop imagining.
If someone is thinking something about you, it’s
their problem, not yours. Their thoughts are their
problem. Let them think whatever they want. Do
you think you are that interesting that everyone is
thinking about you all the time? And if no one is
thinking about you, that’s utter freedom. Why are
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nature of life will you really get somewhere. The life
within you is the only real thing – the rest are just
projections. But right now, most of the attention is
on projections, not the real thing.
With the Shakti Chalana Kriya, the transformation
happens gradually. Taking charge of your prana and
its different activities in your system is a fantastic
process. The Shakti Chalana Kriya works on that
level. If you practice it, you are strengthening the
very foundations of your system.
Shambhavi – Beyond Prana
The Shambhavi Mahamudra has the potential to
let you touch the dimension that is the basis of all
that is. But you cannot actively make it happen.
You can only set the ambience. We always refer to
Shambhavi as “she.” There has to be devotion for
Shambhavi to yield. You can only come in touch
with the source of creation – there is nothing for
you to do with it. Shambhavi also has an element
of pranayam in it, which brings many benefits.
The important thing about the Shambhavi kriya
is that it is a tool to touch the source of creation,
which is beyond prana. This could happen on the
first day, or you could be doing it for six months
and nothing happens. But if you keep it up, the day
will come when you touch this dimension. If you
touch it, suddenly everything is transformed.
you thinking through what they may be thinking?
That’s not necessary. Just focus on what you want
to do. Let others think whatever they want. Maybe
they have nothing better to think about, so they are
thinking about you. It is largely in your imagination
that someone is always thinking about you.
Most people are busy with their own problems.
They are not thinking about you, and that’s fine. It
does not matter if someone is thinking about us.
Don’t worry about other people. You can’t fix what
they are thinking. So, why bother about that? Leave
their psychological problems to them. Don’t try to
solve them. They can think whatever nonsense
they want. Why should it affect who you are? If you
think you are okay, it’s fine. If others think you are
not, it’s their problem. If you are worried about what
someone is going to think about you, you won’t
do anything in life. You can never get everyone’s
approval to do what you want to do. So, don’t worry
about that. Just focus on what you want to do.
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When You Feel Let Down
Questioner: How do we deal with it, when a person
who we thought would never let us down does let
us down?
Sadhguru: The problem is wrong assumptions.
You are making assumptions about others, about
yourself, and about creation. You got a little too
romantic and thought the relationship happens
by itself. Relationships need to be managed. The
question is, are you a good manager or not? Still,
however good a manager you are, things can
happen. About someone letting you down…You
may have unrealistic expectations about people.
I know the question is coming from a certain
experience, and I am not trying to belittle the pain. I
know what it means to you as an individual. But at
the same time, you need to understand you came
alone into this world, and you will go alone. You
entered the relationship because you needed it.
No matter how much drama you create around
it and what assumptions you make about the
relationship, it is about trying to fulfill your needs.
Whatever relationships you have formed in your
life, you have done so to fulfill your needs, be they
physical, psychological, emotional, financial, social,
or whatever else. If you keep that in mind, you will
approach your relationships with a certain humility.
If you get carried away by your own thoughts and
emotions, you forget about the fundamentals of
the relationship, and you forget to manage it well.
That is when things can go wrong.
If you are disillusioned with something or someone,
it means you come to reality. This may sound cruel,
but this is how life is. All people that we hold dear
will go, or we will go. Even if you hold hands and
die together, you will still go separately. These are
your emotions. When you form a relationship with
someone, it is an agreement between the two of
you to help each other experience some sweetness
of emotion.
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As you mature, you need to learn to keep your
thoughts and emotions sweet by your own nature.
If your thoughts and emotions are pleasant, you
can share them with other people. But if without
the other person, your thoughts and emotions
will get bitter and terrible, if someone has to offer
life support every day, they will get tired. If others
constantly have to keep you happy and loving, it is
a burden on them, and they may run away at some
point. When they escape, you think it is betrayal.
Again, these are all your emotions. In the larger
context of existence, you are just a piece of life.
If you get carried away by your own
thoughts and emotions, you forget about
the fundamentals of the relationship, and
you forget to manage it well.
You are making deals and relationships with
people for various purposes. This not only applies
to the relationship between husband and wife, but
also relationships with business partners, friends,
children, parents, and so on. Always remember you
have entered the relationship to fulfill your needs.
They may have entered the relationship for their
needs, but that is not your business. Your business
is to understand that they are valuable to your life.
They are adding value to who you are. When you
are aware of that, you will manage the relationship
in one way. If you think you are of great value to
someone, you will manage the relationship in
another way, which may not allow it to last long. Or
you may be doing all the right things and still it may
go wrong. Whichever way it is, it is your business to
make yourself into a pleasant and wonderful piece
of life. With or without someone, please make it
happen.
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Not the Body,
Not the Mind
Sadhguru on the Subtleties of Isha Kriya

Questioner: Through daily Shambhavi practice and

almost daily Isha Kriya, practice, I am beginning to
experience my body and mind as not me. How do
I distance myself from my body and mind, all the
time?

Sadhguru: When you say, “I am not the body; I

am not the mind” during Isha Kriya, it is not a
philosophy or an ideology. It is not a slogan that
you keep shouting within yourself, and one day
become converted. This is just a subtle reminder.
You must add it to the breath. Do not use “I am
not the body; I am not the mind” to try and psych
physiological process to happen. Even after a
yourself. You are just adding a certain element to
person is medically dead – the movement of air,
your breath. Otherwise, you are not able to notice
the heartbeat, and the brain activity have stopped
your breath. We mentioned this in the Isha Kriya
– he is still breathing for some time, in the sense
instructions. Right now, you are only able to watch
that the koorma nadi is still on. That process is
the sensations caused by the movement of the air,
still going on, but it is not able to pull in air and
not the breath itself.
push out carbon dioxide. It is like an old siphon
that is still pumping, but the liquid does not flow,
When you are inhaling, not necessarily is only
because there is a little leak or whatever. Similarly,
inhalation happening – exhalation could be partly
the koorma nadi process is still on, but the oxygen-
happening as well. Similarly, when you are exhaling,
carbon dioxide exchange has closed down.
not necessarily is only exhalation happening –
Suppose the stock exchange closes down, in most
inhalation could be partly happening too. But you
people’s understanding, the entire economy is
will not figure this until you notice the way of the
finished, but you can still buy bread locally. Maybe
breath. Though in many ways, physiologically, the
you don’t pay in cash but in kind, but the economy
breath is the basis of your life, most human beings
is still going on, though not at a level that could be
have never really experienced their breath. Those
measured. Similarly, the koorma nadi can still be
who become conscious even just of the sensations
on while the exchange of air has already stopped.
of the air passage claim all kinds of transformations,
and that’s true. Your sensations are the outermost
We are talking about becoming aware of the
layer of who you are. Knowing the sensations is
breath, which means you become aware of the
most fundamental. Whatever you touch, whether
link between you and your body. If you take away
you sit or stand, there are sensations. The breath is
your breath, obviously, you and your body will fall
a more profound and subtle dimension, which will
apart. Travelling along the breath will give you
not come into your experience easily.
access to that dimension. If you learn to hold your
body a little away from yourself, you will know you
When we say breath in the sense of koorma nadi,
are not the body. If you are wearing loose-fitting
we are not talking about the oxygen-carbon dioxide
clothes, you know these clothes are not you. If you
exchange. That is happening as a consequence
are wearing really tight-fitting clothes, after some
of what we refer to as shvasa. Along with the
time, you don’t know whether they are you or not.
transaction of air that is coming in and going
You experience your skin as “yourself.” Some part
out, there is another level of transaction for the
of your skin will disappear in no time, but still you

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are yourself. Even if you go into little deeper layers
of the body, still you are yourself.
Do not use “I am not the body, I am not the mind”
as a slogan – it will not work like that. This was
given to you as an aid to bring awareness to the
koorma nadi or the breath. Shouting slogans is
a way of manipulating crowds on the street. You
cannot do anything inside with that. When I go to
new places in northern India, it is very common that
people want to shout, “Sadhguru maharaj ki jai!”
I immediately stop them and say, “First, a slogan
will come, then a flag, then an emblem, then you
will become a nation of your own. And then you will
have a national bird!”
“I am not the body, I am not the mind” should
happen in a very subtle way to bring the breath into
your awareness. With that thought, you are simply
adding a little fragrance to your breath, so that
you can notice it. It is like lighting incense to see
where the air is moving. If it’s moving gently, you
otherwise wouldn’t know. Just like that.

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conducted globally, it has the potential to transform the life of anyone who is willing to
invest just 12 minutes a day.

For more information, visit isha.sadhguru.org/ishakriya, download the Isha Kriya app on
Google Play or iTunes, or watch the Isha Kriya video on YouTube.

The Importance of Being in the Right Company

Darshan
Questioner: Sadhguru, I share an apartment with
other people, and whenever I’m away for longer
periods of time, I sublet my room. All kinds of
people are staying there – once a girl who turned
into a drug addict, and different couples too. I’m
wondering to what extent this could affect me.
What’s your take on that?
Sadhguru: Do not underestimate the influence of
the company that you keep. Even if you do not
drink and do drugs like they do, just being in their
company impacts you on a completely different
level. Gautama the Buddha described the ultimate
truth, the one who transmits truth, and the sangha
or the kind of company you keep, as equally
important. He is socially correct but existentially
wrong. Actually, the first priority should be the
sangha or the company that you keep, then the
Buddha or the one who transmits truth, then the
dhamma or the ultimate truth.
Most human beings are – knowingly or unknowingly
– shaped by the company that they keep. They just
may not realize to what extent. It is not only your
family and friends who have an impact on you but
your social exposure in general. I would say your
social exposure has shaped almost ninety percent
of your personality. Choosing your company is
not about being discriminatory but about being
discretionary as to where you want to be and with
whom you want to be. It is definitely not ideal to
be among people who are so compulsive in nature
that you can consider them as addicts, no matter
what they are addicted to.
Your whole effort is to move from compulsiveness
to consciousness. Being among people who are
very compulsive is not supportive. You have not
yet reached a place where you can be among the
most compulsive people and still be absolutely
conscious and unaffected on the level of your

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system. You may or may not get addicted yourself
– I hope you won’t – but it definitely influences
you in so many ways. If external influences did not
have an impact, why would anyone make the effort
of building an ashram? It is one big headache to
maintain a spiritual place, which is like an oasis
in a churning ocean. To keep it like an island that
remains untouched by what is happening around
takes a lot.
Most human beings are – knowingly or
unknowingly – shaped by the company
that they keep.
On an average, about seven- and-a-half thousand
people are visiting the Isha Yoga Center every day.
To welcome them, to let them be part of it, and not
to become them is a great challenge. We need solid
people. Otherwise, everyone tries to bring a bit of
their home, their street, and their town and make
it a part of the ashram. People try to introduce
their whims and fancies, their likes and dislikes.
Almost everyone who comes tries to exert some
influence upon the ashram. Some ask about doing
or having things in a certain way – others just do
it. To politely or sometimes forcefully refuse their
influence is not easy. The idea of an ashram is
to maintain a space that is dedicated towards a
purpose.
Wherever you live, you need to maintain your space
in such a way that it is dedicated to the purpose
for which you are living. Your private space should
reflect where you want to go, rather than someone
else’s compulsive ways of living. This is very
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important until you come to a place where even
if you go to hell, you will come out untouched.
Right now, you tend to get carried away. Don’t
overestimate yourself.
Creating the right kind of space – and if necessary
moving away from negative influences – is very
important for your growth. This is not only about
avoiding people with a drug addiction but with
any kind of excessive compulsiveness. People
are dedicated to their compulsiveness. If you look
at the way many so-called normal families live –
“normal” in the sense that the children are not drug
addicts, the husband is not an alcoholic, and the
wife is not a shopaholic – the way they exist is so
anti-consciousness. If you can transform them,
that’s great. If you cannot transform them, the best
thing is to step away. For almost all human beings,
the kind of company they keep shapes their lives.
To what extent may vary from person to person,
but it definitely determines a lot of things.
Creating the right kind of space – and if
necessary moving away from negative
influences – is very important for your growth.
Maybe right now, what kind of company I keep does
not make any difference to me. But the company
I kept in earlier times definitely determined who I
am today. If I kept the wrong kind of company then,
things would surely be very different for me now.
What was relevant for me then is relevant for you
now. It is very important for your growth that you
either cultivate the right kind of company or make
choices not to be in the wrong company.
June 2017
Creating Your Own Shrine at Home
Questioner: Sadhguru, what can we do to create an
environment in our home that is conducive for our
growth?
Sadhguru: If you are living in a family situation
with a few other people, it is best to create a space
for sadhana that is kept in a certain way and not
used for any other purpose. If you have a yantra
or a sannidhi, that’s great. Otherwise, at least keep
a picture, light a linga jyoti or an oil lamp, and put
a little flower there every day. If you can create
a dedicated, cared-for space, it can be a lot of
support – a little shrine in your own place. A shrine
is not about looking up or looking down. A shrine is
a possibility to look inward.
The sadhana you do can transform the space.
Through the sadhana, something within you should
shine. When you shine, you are enshrined. To invest
in that little space will definitely pay in a big way in
your life. There are certain ways to create a shrine.
Whether you have a yantra or just a picture, make
sure you always have an oil lamp burning. Beneath
the yantra or picture, you can keep a raw silk cloth
that is not dyed or sanforized. If the silk is raw, the
way it came out of the cocoon, the fabric is alive
in a way. If you use a raw silk cloth, it reverberates
much better than if you use a synthetic cloth or
something else.
Another option is to keep everything on a large
copper tray or a woven copper cloth. Between the
three – the raw silk cloth, copper tray, or copper
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cloth – you can choose whatever is best for you,
according to your convenience and aesthetics.
This will enhance the energy of the space. If you
can cover the walls and partitions of this space
with lots of loose material, such as raw silk, it
will reverberate and hold the energy much better.
In this way, you can create a cocoon of energy.
“Can’t I do without that?” You definitely can. It is
just a question of energy efficiency. If the sides are
covered with raw silk, the space will be much more
energy efficient.
In this way, you can create a cocoon of energy.
When you meditate at home, and you sit in a
space that is a cocoon of energy, it takes much
less for you to get into a meditative state. The
instructions for Shoonya meditation are that you
can sit wherever you want – even at the airport, for
example. One reason is because Shoonya is of a
certain nature. Another reason is that when people
begin to meditate, we don’t want them to give it up
because they can’t set a certain atmosphere. When
it comes to Shoonya, the idea is “Do it anywhere,
but anyway do it.” Not having a raw silk cloth
should not be an excuse for you not to meditate.
But if you create a certain atmosphere, it is more
energy-efficient. Things will happen so much
easier if the place is kept in a certain way.
June 2017

Obedience: Not a Solution
Excerpted from Sadhguru Spot of 26 Apr 2017
On this Spot, Sadhguru shares his observations on obedience versus joy as the basis of our lives, our
family relationships, and society as a whole. He says, “There should be no compulsion to break the rules
of the past, nor should there be a compulsion to do things the way they were done in the past.”
Obedience, particularly to elders, is often projected
as a traditional value. I would say unquestioned
obedience is the downfall of a society and culture.
Obedience means there is an authority. It may be
a parent, a priest, God, or a scripture. Obedience
is based on the assumption that whatever the
authority says is right. If you make authority the
truth, it destroys human intelligence. Truth should
be the only authority. The next generation should
do something that we could not imagine possible.
We produce a next generation because we think
it is a new possibility. If it is not a new possibility
but only takes instructions from us on all levels
and only does what we want, it is no good as a
new generation. There is nothing “next” about it.
It is just a graveyard of the past popping up in the
future, which is a waste of life.
Those who, because of their authoritarian nature,
are not able to earn the necessary love and affection
from their children demand obedience. Love,
affection, and respect must be earned. Especially
in a parent-child relationship, this is important.
The moment you demand obedience, you claim
authority. If you claim authority, you will always be
resented. If there is resentment in a relationship, it
becomes ugly. An authoritarian approach causes
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SADHGURU
SPOT
a society and culture to become stagnant and
decline over a period of time. Only if the young
generation does something that the parents never
imagined possible, can a society evolve.
Love, affection, and respect must be earned.
Now, should we follow the precepts of the past or
do something new? There should be no compulsion
to break the rules of the past, nor should there be
a compulsion to do things the way they were done
in the past. It is important that every generation
looks at what is really needed and what is not.
If you do not discard the garbage that builds up
at home, after some time, your whole house will
be a garbage bin. Every day, you must throw out
the garbage – only then will the house be clean.
Similarly, in our lives, we must throw things that
don’t work, on a daily basis. If we as individuals and
as a society don’t do that, we become stagnant,
stuck, and nothing works.
Breaking the mold need not come as a big upheaval
in society. The revolution can be in the way we
think. We need to constantly look for better ways of
June 2017
doing every aspect of life – right from the simplest,
most vital ones. If you are looking for the best way
to sit, to breathe, to eat, and to manage your body,
you will start doing yoga. That is, you will start
approaching your physical and mental wellbeing
in a scientific manner. Truth is something that you
realize. If you invent it, that’s called a lie.
Truth is something that you realize.
If you invent it, that’s called a lie.
If you truthfully look for the best way to do
something, you will arrive at a science. Otherwise,
you may try to weave a philosophy around it. The
philosophies of the past may have made sense at
one time. Over a period of time, what used to be
a philosophy turned into a precept, a law, a belief
system, and ultimately, a religion. Instead of that,
we should come to our senses about everything.
But, will we arrive at an ultimate answer for
everything? Maybe not. Realities are changing.
One fundamental way to approach life is this: there
is substantial scientific and medical evidence that
PART 31 Mahabharat
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your body and your brain function at their best only
when you are joyful. If you want your body and
brain to work well, the first thing is to become joyful
by your own nature. Most people haven’t taken
care of these basics. Instead, they are in pursuit
of happiness. They think happiness is something
they have to achieve at some point, maybe towards
the end of their lives. That’s a misconception.
Being joyful by your own nature is the very first and
foremost thing. If you are in pursuit of happiness,
you are encumbered by compulsions. If you are
joyful, you are not encumbered by anything.
If you are joyful, you can see things the way they
are and come up with better solutions every day. If
your perception is clouded by prejudiced opinions,
how will you find a solution? When you are joyful,
you find solutions. In joyfulness, there is flexibility.
Solutions evolve out of flexibility.
Love & Grace,
MAHABHARAT
SERIES
A Life and Death Fight
What has happened so far: King Jarasandha
planned to conduct a yagna in which he wanted
to sacrifice one hundred Kshatriya kings in order
to sabotage the Rajasuya Yagna of the Pandavas
and prevent them from achieving the status of
emperors. The only way to stop Jarasandha was to
kill him. Krishna came up with a ploy. In the guise
of Brahmanas, Bhima, Arjuna, and Krishna set out
for Magadha, Jarasandha’s kingdom.
When Bhima, Arjuna, and Krishna, disguised as
Brahmanas, arrived at Rajagriha, the capital of
Magadha, Jarasandha welcomed them, as was
the custom of the time. They told him that Bhima
wanted to wrestle with him, without revealing their
June 2017
true identity. Jarasandha looked at them and sized
them up. When he saw Arjuna’s hands, which were
calloused in a way that is characteristic for an
archer, he said, “Well, looks like you are an archer.
You are not a Brahmin, are you?” He also noticed
that Arjuna bore these calluses on both hands.
Arjuna could fight or shoot an arrow with
either hand with the same accuracy. He was
ambidextrous – that is why one of his names is
Savyasachi. Being able to use the left and right
hand with the same dexterity is a huge advantage
in battle. Jarasandha said, “You are ambidextrous.
Who are you? The only other archer I have heard
of who is ambidextrous is Arjuna. I have not met
him, but for sure he wouldn’t come dressed as a
Brahmin. Anyway, you have come as guests.” And
he offered them the customary welcome and a
place in the palace. He asked them, “Are you sure
you can wrestle with me,” because as a wrestler, he
was considered matchless.
There were two kinds of wrestling matches in
those days. One was as a sport where once you
floor the opponent, the match is over. Another
was a life and death match where you had to kill
the opponent in the ring. It would be the worst
disgrace for the opponent to leave him injured and
not kill him. You had to kill him. They asked for
the second kind of wrestling – Bhima wanted to
wrestle with Jarasandha in a life and death match.
Still, Jarasandha treated them as his guests, with
great honor and fabulous hospitality. The wrestling
match started after a few days.
Every day, in the late afternoon, they wrestled for
two and a half to three hours, till both of them were
exhausted. Then they returned to the palace, dined,
drank, and partied together, and the next afternoon,
they entered the ring again. Krishna told Bhima,
“The hospitality is so good here. Why don’t you
stretch it out a little longer. We are really enjoying
this place.” The wrestling went on for many, many
days. Then at some point, Krishna said, “It’s time to
go back,” and he told Bhima to go all the way. But
going all the way with Jarasandha was not easy,
because he was going all the way too. They fought
bitterly. Whatever Bhima did, he was not able to kill
Jarasandha.
Bhima was much younger and stronger, but he was
not able to take Jarasandha’s life. For twenty-six
days, they fought for three hours daily. Then Krishna
said, “It’s enough. We must end it.” They realized
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that in wrestling, they could not kill Jarasandha. So
they suggested fighting with maces. But however
Bhima hit him, Jarasandha didn’t die. He just sat
up again and again. Because he was older, he was
a little more exhausted than Bhima, but he was
able to take any kind of blow. Then Krishna told
Bhima, “Tomorrow is Amavasya. On Amavasya
night, Jarasandha is going to acquire superhuman
powers. He will kill you. Don’t think he is treating
us so well for nothing. He wants us to enjoy the
hospitality so that we stay until Amavasya. When
Amavasya comes, he is unbeatable. And on that
day, which is tomorrow, he will kill you. Unless you
kill him today, tomorrow, you will be dead.”
Bhima went all out. But whatever he did, he
couldn’t kill Jarasandha. Then he looked at Krishna
and asked, “What to do?” Time was running out.
Krishna took a leaf and tore it into two. Bhima
knew of Jarasandha’s birth, how the two pieces
of an infant were joined together. He immediately
understood what he had to do. He put one leg on
Jarasandha’s left leg, tore him into two pieces and
threw the halves down. But to his and everyone
else’s amazement, the two pieces rolled together,
joined, and Jarasandha sat up again. That was
when Bhima felt his death was imminent. With
fearful eyes, he looked at Krishna again. Krishna
took another leaf, tore it, and threw the two pieces
into opposite directions.
The next fight began. Again, no matter what Bhima
did, Jarasandha did not die. Jarasandha was just
waiting for tomorrow. Then Bhima again tore him
apart, and this time, he threw the two halves in
opposite directions. People anxiously waited to
see if the two parts of the body would again come
together and sit up. Nothing happened. Jarasandha
was finally dead. Krishna crowned Jarasandha’s
son as king and invited him to join the Rajasuya
Yagna.
They released the ninety-nine kings who had been
imprisoned in Jarasandha’s dungeons. Then they
all traveled back to Indraprastha. They took half of
Jarasandha’s huge elephant army and loaded up
half of the gold and wealth that he had. With these
ninety-nine kings and these immense riches, they
came back to Indraprastha. There was not enough
space in the treasury of Indraprastha to store all
this wealth – they heaped it up everywhere. Now
the Rajasuya Yagna could begin.
To be continued.
June 2017
 NEWS AND
EVENTS

Sadhguru Receives the Padma Vibhushan

On 13 April, Sadhguru has been conferred
India’s highest annual civilian award, the Padma
Vibhushan, for his contribution to spirituality.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award
to Sadhguru in a Civil Investiture Ceremony at
Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.

Adiyogi – Guinness
World Record
The 112-feet tall face of
Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga
Center in Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu, India, now
officially holds the
Guinness World Record
for world’s largest bust
(sculpture)! The record
was verified by Guinness
World Record officials on
11 March 2017.

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in Conversation with

Sadhguru
On 23 April, Indian biotech pioneer and Biocon
founder Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw had an
insightful and lively conversation on the state
and future of the nation, environmental and river
conservation, gender equality, biotechnology and
ethics, and other subjects.

Sadhguru at Raj Niwas in Puducherry

Upon invitation of Lt. Governor of Puducherry,
Dr. Kiran Bedi, Sadhguru spoke on 18 April at the
Raj Niwas, the official residence of the Lt. Governor
of Puducherry. The evening session at the beautiful
Raj Niwas garden was titled “Making of the Nation.”
Sadhguru and Isha volunteers were offered a
cordial reception, with Dr. Kiran Bedi describing
herself as Sadhguru’s “devotee and student.”

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 SHARING
EXPERIENCES
A New Birth of Freedom
An Inner Engineering Participant Shares Her Experience

There was a major earthquake in Nepal in April

2015 which took away the lives of around nine
thousand people and destroyed six lakh houses.
I was nine months pregnant at the time. I was
deeply tormented by the news and views of
destruction around me. Day upon day, aftershock
after aftershock, it felt like the tremors would never
end and would eventually kill us all. I felt helpless,
felt like I could not run any faster or breathe any
deeper to save myself and the life within me. Life
had no meaning or purpose, and existence did not
make any sense. I constantly questioned myself
why I had to give a chance to a life when death
surrounds it. I somehow felt dejected and rejected
motherhood.

Nineteen days later I gave birth to my child. Right

at the moment when she was born, suddenly all my
fears disappeared. It was miraculous. That heavy
stone-like anxiety suddenly vanished. I can vividly
remember that moment of magic when feelings
switched automatically from utter suffering to On the last morning of Inner Engineering, I woke
sheer joy. An overwhelming sensation of love up feeling extremely calm and wrote this from my
flooded inside of me. I realized how I could respond heart:
in any way to the situation, and I chose to react
with acceptance and love.
In each petal, in each wing and in each leaf

I have finally grasped, I can choose to
shower that immense love inside of
me anytime to anyone.
Almost two years passed. I had almost forgotten
the freedom that feeling had given me. But now,
when I participated in the Inner Engineering
program, those very feelings swarmed back.
Sadhguru made me realize once again that I can
be a mother to all. What a beautiful realization. I
have finally grasped, I can choose to shower that
immense love inside of me anytime to anyone. I do
not have to wait for another earthquake to bring it
to me. I feel that power of choice, to be happy and
loving at all times. I feel a deep sense of calmness
inside of me.
In every rock, the sky and the sea
In every beaming eye and
In every beating heart
There is me
Bound by the love of this moment
Calmness of this moment is eternity
I am grateful to everyone in my entire life who has
intentionally, unintentionally led me to join Inner
Engineering and experience this.
– Yatra Sharma, Community Architect and Inner
Engineering participant, Kathmandu, Nepal

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 UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

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 ISHA RECIPE

MALAYSIAN FRUIT
AND VEGGIE SALAD
(Serves 6–8)

INGREDIENTS METHOD
Salad: 1. Chop all the fruits and vegetables into large,
1 Pineapple (peeled) wedge-shaped chunks, approx. 2–3 cm in size.
2 medium unripe Papayas
10 small Rose/wax apples 2. For the dressing: In a small pan, add soy sauce
3 Green apples and palm sugar. Cook over low flame, stirring
1 Turnip (sweet turnip, Chinese turnip, Mexican continuously, until a thick syrup is formed. Remove
turnip)
from heat. Add chili powder (optional), tamarind
2 Cucumbers
paste, grated ginger, and lemon zest. Whisk
2 raw Mangoes
together.

Dressing:
6 Tbsps. Soy sauce 3. Spoon the dressing over the salad and gently
80g Palm sugar (grated) toss until evenly coated. Garnish with grated
2–4 tsps. Chili powder (optional) groundnuts and sesame seeds.
6 Tbsps. Tamarind paste
2 tsps. Ginger (grated)
2 tsps. Lime zest (sliced thinly)
Salt to taste

Garnish:
4-5 Tbsps. each of toasted sesame seeds and
grated, roasted groundnuts

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And spread fragrance unheeded

About attention or appreciation

A flower that is unconcerned
Shall for always blossom

Forest Flower

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