What comes to mind when we hear the word “enlightenment?” Many of us will think of ancient mystics roaming the Himalayas or perhaps wise, enigmatic meditators like the Buddha sitting cross-legged for hours or days at a time. We might also think about extremely devoted monks, nuns, and other renunciates who chose to give up worldly pleasures and seek enlightenment in ashrams, monasteries, or even simple mountain caves. What is it that made these beings look beyond society and materialistic world? What is it that they’ll gain by getting enlightened? Are there specific practices we should focus on along the way, and how might these practices enhance our energy?
Sadhguru: “When you look at your life, the way you live it, many times you would have noticed that you’re ruled by compulsive emotions. [Laughs] Today, you really want to be peaceful. Today, it happens to be your wife’s birthday, or husband’s something, you really want to make sure nothing goes wrong; that’s a day just the anger rules you, just comes out for no reason. So… these things people try to control for their whole lifetimes, and nothing changes. The mechanics of the mind, the way the mind functions, is just the way the karmic substance is, because mind is just an accumulation. What kind of accumulation you have, that’s how it functions.”
“If one has to go beyond the limitations, or beyond the compulsiveness that a certain type of accumulation creates within us, either one has to raise into a different level of awareness, consciousness, with which he can become free, or another way is, he has to transform his energies. Raising to higher levels of consciousness generally is very deceptive. Everybody believes they’re very high consciousness. If you put them to test [Laughs] then they’ll fail miserably, because the nature of the mind is such, it can deceive you till the end. People believe they have changed, many, many times, simply because their situations have become little more conducive, they have changed. If situations become extreme, again they’re back to the same place. Yes. Have you noticed this? Again, and again?”
“So, transforming your energies is a more sure path, a more certain path – you’re walking on solid ground. And all you need is a certain dedication and involvement in a certain practice. If one works sufficiently upon his energies, with the right sense of understanding and guidance – if it is done, very easily one can get enlightened on the level of his energy. His energy will be enlightened. His consciousness might not have gone beyond, but his energies will be enlightened. This is something we have been doing in close groups of people for a long time. Shiva also has spoken about it. Shiva says, “When the spinal thread is touched, a light begins to glow in and around you.”
“If you place the whole attention on the Sushumna nadi, and if it is properly touched, then it becomes alive, and it glows. Once it glows, slowly the energy will mature within a very short period of time, and energy will become enlightened, it glows. You have a glow of an enlightened being, but you don’t have the consciousness of an enlightened being. If you stand… if you simply sit quietly, you are a powerful being. If you open your mouth, you’re a fool – that’s how you will be. But it’s good to be this way, because this is easy to achieve.”
“This is easy to achieve, all you need is dedication. Especially when I am around, this is very easy to do. If you just touch the spinal cord, it can just glow. So… we have many like that; we don’t name them, you don’t go looking for them. When the spinal thread is touched, a light begins to glow in and around you, you have a glow of an enlightened being. Especially when I am around, this is very easy to do. We will set the procedures, and methods, and energy investments, to help people towards that realization. All you need is a certain dedication, and involvement in a certain practice.”
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