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Lewis HowesDO THIS To Organize Your Mind & ACHIEVE ANYTHING You Want! | Sadhguru & Lewis Howes
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Sadhguru Explains Mastering Your Mind, Facing Death, and Ending Self-Created Suffering
- Sadhguru argues that people take their individual existence too seriously, so life takes a backseat to personality and physical form, and adults lose the joy they had as children.
- He says awareness of death is simply a reminder of limited time and energy, and that it should push people to prioritize and organize their lives better.
- Sadhguru describes suffering as the product of memory and imagination, and of an intellect that has turned against us, and says anger, misery and joy are all created from within, so we should not give others the privilege of deciding them.
- He contrasts religion with responsibility, saying people must stop looking 'up there' for solutions and recognize that only humans can create a better world, with solace reserved for those in extreme misery.
- In the closing segments he describes his Inner Engineering program and offers immune-boosting suggestions such as time barefoot in a garden, turmeric with honey and warm water, and the 12-minute Simha Kriya.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasRemembering death helps you prioritize
Sadhguru says death reminds us we have a limited lease of time and energy, so we should organize our lives around what is most valuable and avoid unnecessary things.
Be restful even while awake
He compares the body to an engine running at high RPM that wears itself out, saying that running at an easy pace raises efficiency and sharply reduces the sleep you need.
Perception is what you truly know
Sadhguru says real knowing comes from attentive use of the five senses, which is why reading 100 books about a ball game cannot substitute for watching and perceiving how a ball moves.
Suffering comes from unharnessed faculties
He says people suffer their memory and imagination rather than life itself, and that without a stable platform, their intelligence turns against them as stress, anxiety and misery.
Your inner experience should happen your way
Sadhguru calls it the worst form of slavery for someone else to decide whether you are happy or unhappy, and says people create their own anger, joy and misery from within.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesHuman being is a tremendous possibility. If you do not know how to harness this possib- possibility, every possibility will become a problem.
— Sadhguru
If what happens within me does not happen my way, this is the worst form of slavery, isn't it?
— Sadhguru
Essentially, your intelligence has turned against you. That is all it is.
— Sadhguru
I would rather live a life where I don't do any mistakes. Because life is so brief. You do a bunch of mistakes and then you will learn, and where will you use it? In the grave.
— Sadhguru
You cannot dull your perception and think you're having a profound experience.
— Sadhguru
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SPEAKERS
Sadhguru
guestYogi and spiritual teacher, founder of the Isha Foundation and creator of Inner Engineering.
Lewis Howes
hostHost of The School of Greatness podcast; author and entrepreneur.
Sadhguru
guestYogi and spiritual teacher, founder of the Isha Foundation and creator of Inner Engineering.
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