INL Digital Edition Dec 15 2018

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DECEMBER 15, 2018
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Chasing shadows of desire take us nowhere
Sadhguru
Whatever people call
as ‘Love’ right now
tends to be between
man and woman
because nature has created a
certain attraction between man
and woman.
This attraction is crucial for
the survival of the race.
If you look at this physical urge
that you refer to as sexuality, you
will see that the urge is to become
one with something.
Seeking Oneness
It is not just about doing this
or that.
Somewhere, there is a longing
in you that being yourself is not
sufficient.
You want to include another
person as a part of yourself.
So, sexuality is just a longing
to become one with something
more than that which you call
as yourself – the basic longing is
just to seek oneness.
The Medium of Yoga
Oneness means Yoga. You are
seeking to become one with
something, but if you become
one with a woman or a man, it is
not sufficient.
Initially, you may have really
believed it was sufficient.
But once you go through that,
you will see, it is not.
A fool will think that he wants
to become one with more and
It is awareness
that brings
wisdom
and light
more people in that way, but
still it will not fulfill you.
If you go through a whole lifetime
of that, it does not get you
anywhere.
Yearning without awareness
Equally, your desire to have
more money, more property,
more power, more pleasure,
more love is simply your
spiritual longing, but without
awareness.
Whether you desire sex, money,
pleasure, property, power,
whatever, your desire is right,
but you are not giving it the
right direction, that is all.
Your desire is still wanting
to become one with something
more than yourself, but you
need to understand that getting
one woman or one man, or
one this or one that is not going
to fulfill you. It seeks more, and
more.
Chasing the invisible
What is it that your desire is
finally seeking? It is seeking unboundedness.
It wants to become
one with everything.
Sadhguru
In life, it does not matter what
you include as a part of yourself,
whether you include a man
or a woman or one dozen children,
still your life is not fulfilled.
When you are young, you think
“Oh, if I got married to this particular
person, my life will be
complete.”
It may bring some happiness
and comfort into your life, but it
does not fulfill you.
Once you realise that, you think
“Oh, we don’t have children. That
is why we are like this. If I bear a
child, everything will be okay.”
You could have one or one dozen,
but nothing happens. We produced
one billion people in India.
Do you think everybody is realised
and fulfilled?
We go on bearing children
without limit, but still, where is
fulfillment?
Do you see fulfillment on people’s
faces? It is not happening.
Something missing
So, either you go through all
these experiences at the cost of a
whole lifetime, or you look at all
these people and see. They have
done all these things, it has not
gotten them anywhere.
It is very obvious. You look at
a 60-year-old man who has gone
through every process of life:
of ambition, of power, of sex, of
children, of love.
If you look at his face and see,
is it a face of fulfillment? No.
If you have the intelligence to
understand this from other people’s
experience of life, you will
see these things will not get you
anywhere.
This is why the Yoga sutras
start this way, “And now Yoga.”
The innate desire
The most basic instinct in you
is always to become one with
something or somebody. This
is a spiritual instinct. It is just
that you give expression to your
spiritual instinct in a materialistic
way.
If you bring awareness to
whatever you refer to as the
most basic instincts, you will
see, you will start on a spiritual
journey.
Right now, you are doing it
without awareness, that is why
it is remaining a limited process.
Ranked among the 50 Most
Influential People in India,
Sadhguru is a Yogi, Mystic,
Visionary and Best-Selling
Author. In 2017, he was conferred
the title of ‘Padma
Vibhushan,’ the second highest
civilian honour by the Indian
Government.
Isha Foundation New Zealand
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