Are we done evolving? Has the human race reached its utmost potential, in terms of physical evolution? Are there other types of evolution available to us beyond just the physical? If so, what might those be, and can we take deliberate steps to make our own evolution happen in those ways? And how, if at all, does the possibility of human evolution relate to the intriguing repetition of the number 108 throughout numerous mathematical relationships in our solar system and within our own bodies?
Sadhguru notes that around 15,000 years ago, Adiyogi (the first yogi), was asked a question about evolution, and the following exchange occurred: “‘Does it mean to say we can change our physicality, that we can evolve?’ So Adiyogi said, ‘Your physical evolution is complete.’ And he gave mathematical references as to why it is so. So, when they asked, ‘Can our bodies evolve?’ he referred to their bodies and he said, ‘there are 114 junction points of energy in the system, which in yogic systems we are referring to as chakras – there are 114 chakras; out of this, 2 are outside the body, 112 in the body; out of these 112, there are 4 about which you can do nothing, they will blossom if everything else is activated. There are 108 that you can work with.’ So, because of this you will see, traditionally, if you wear beads it’s 108, if you chant a mantra it’s 108, if you go around an energy space – 108. This is because there are 108 things that one needs to do if he wants to have a complete mastery over the human mechanism itself.”
Sadhguru continues: “This is very beautifully found manifestation in the planetary system in which we live. 108 times the diameter of the earth is the diameter of the sun. The diameter of the sun – 108 times is the distance between the sun and the earth. The diameter of the moon into 108 times is the distance between moon and earth. And in terms of how the earth’s orbit is divided, even that amounts to 108…”
“Based on this, knowing the connection between the celestial system and the human system, many things were evolved and developed. It’s very uncanny that now, in the last 6 years, the neuroscientists in the world are saying the same things. This has been a search, “Can we evolve human brain beyond its present limitations?” So, neuroscientists today are saying that you cannot evolve the human brain any further, not because of neurological principles, but because of physical laws on the planet. The only way you can evolve this is, increase the size of the neurons – that is one way; or increase the number of neurons – that’s another way. If you increase the number of neurons in your brain, the clarity will go away. A lot of children are born like this: they’re brilliant, but they can’t figure anything, because there’s no clarity. As they grow up, some amount of brain killing will happen naturally, and then they become stable; if they don’t, they’ll always be scattered.”
“Another way is to increase the size of the neuron; if you increase the size of the neuron, the volume of energy that an individual neuron consumes will be so high, even now, if you’re in a restful position right now, 20% of your energies are being consumed by your brain right now, it’s a very high energy-consuming part of your body. This much of body consumes 80%. This much of brain is consuming 20% of the energy. If you increase the size of the neuron, it will consume 30 to 40% – that means it will become unsustainable.”
“So, today neuroscientists are saying, ‘Physical laws on the planet will not allow further growth of human brain; we can only learn to use it better, but we cannot grow a bigger brain.’ This, Adiyogi said 15,000 years ago. He said, ‘Your physical evolution is complete because the solar system will not allow; unless some dramatic changes happen in the solar system, you cannot physically evolve.’ But there are other ways to evolve, and he taught the methods as to how a human being can evolve beyond his limitations, and it need not be a physical evolution. It does not mean you lost your tail and you have to grow horns; it means that there are other ways to evolve, which need not be physical.”
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