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Lewis HowesDAILY STEPS To Manifest What You REALLY WANT | Sadhguru & Lewis Howes
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Sadhguru Says Fulfillment, Not Abundance, Comes From Within and Wider Identity
- Sadhguru says people should seek fulfillment of their own potential rather than abundance, comparing a human life to a tree nurturing its roots instead of counting fruit.
- He argues that love, joy and misery are created from within, so relying on other people or external arrangements for happiness amounts to a crutch or even slavery.
- Karma is framed as accumulated memory that can be either quicksand or a platform, and he says creating a little distance from body and mind lets people turn past pain into manure for growth.
- He describes the intellect as a sharp knife that is only one dimension of mind, and says overreliance on it, plus the habit of comparing and competing, makes educated adults unhappier than children.
- He contends that limited identity (family, race, religion, nation) is the one real evil, since empowered people with narrow identities cause great harm, and he proposes a wider, even cosmic, identity as the remedy.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasAim for fulfillment, not abundance
Sadhguru says abundance numbers are socially relevant but meaningless to the individual, and that a tree simply tries to be the best version of itself. He says nothing external makes you better than anyone else.
Love and joy are qualities you become, not things you extract
He says squeezing a partner for joy leaves them dry, and compares emotional dependence to a crutch. Success needs others' cooperation, but a pleasant body, mind and emotion are entirely your own business.
Your inner experience should happen your way
Sadhguru argues that letting someone else decide whether you are happy or unhappy is the worst form of slavery. He says anger and misery are created from within, and that thoughts beating you up are as much an ailment as a hand hitting your face.
Karma can be manure or quicksand
He defines karma as accumulated memory stored in every cell, and says the choice is whether it sinks you or becomes a platform. Creating a little distance between yourself and your body and mind ends its influence.
Intellect is a knife, not a needle
He says the intellect is a good survival tool but only one of sixteen parts of mind, and that using it to fix everything leaves life in tatters. He cites illiterate people as happier because educated people only sharpen the knife.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesLove is not something that you do. Love is something that you can become.
— Sadhguru
When your joy is about other people's misery, that's not joy, that is sickness.
— Sadhguru
Because what happened yesterday you cannot change. What is happening today you can only experience. What is tomorrow you have to create.
— Sadhguru
Life is not fair to anybody. Life is simply rolling. It's for you to learn to ride it.
— Sadhguru
You don't raise human beings, you only raise cattle. A human being is a possibility that needs to be nurtured, not raised in a particular way.
— Sadhguru
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SPEAKERS
Sadhguru
guestIndian yogi and spiritual teacher, founder of the Isha Foundation.
Lewis Howes
hostPodcast host and author who interviews guests on self-improvement and performance.
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