Life is fundamentally simple—we’re sitting on a tiny planet spinning through infinite space for a few years, and that’s it. We make it complicated by deciding how everything must be for us to be okay. This creates suffering, anxiety, and endless worries. Spirituality is about opening up, honoring, and appreciating life as it is. As we let go of ourselves, li ... Show More
Aug 4
E100: You Are Not What Happened: You Are Who Experienced It
We misperceive life and spirituality by fixating on tiny fleeting experiences and projecting personal meaning onto them. We build our entire self-concept and emotional world out of a narrow slice of reality that we selectively store in the mind—what we liked, disliked, feared, or ... Show More
45m 28s
Jul 2024
Inner Work 199: Trying to remain spiritual when life challenges you
Have you ever been so challenged by life, to a point where it became difficult to remain spiritual? As humans, we've all faced life circumstances or situations that made us want to "forget" all of our spiritual principles, tools, and Higher Truths. In this episode of Inner Work, ... Show More
28m 42s
Apr 2025
#1321 - Suffering Will Not Seek
“We don’t have absolute choice to choose our situations, but we have been given the freedom to choose our experience.” –Sadhguru
For many, life seems to be a pretty rotten deal. In this talk, Sadhguru states that human beings have the unique gift of being able to suffer even a go ... Show More
50m 44s
Aug 2022
Manly P Hall - Before You Were Born
We live in a universe that is one vast organism, one tremendous power, one great entity and one even beyond that, on, on, on beyond comprehension; we cannot go that far. But we are part of something that grows. We are a little bit reminded of the idea of the old business man who ... Show More
56m 21s
Jan 2025
The Infinite Game - From Self-Improvement to Spiritual Freedom
While meditation is widely practiced in today’s world, many miss the opportunity to tap into its profound potential to awaken the heart and mind. Beyond its surface benefits, meditation can guide us to the radiant light, boundless love, and pure awareness that is our true nature. ... Show More
49m 57s
Jul 15
#1359 - Beyond Fear #1: Overcoming Fear
Most humans, Sadhguru says, never walk full stride, but take only half-steps due to the fear of suffering. If you go against the natural aspiration to be as much as you can be simply out of fear, then the immense possibility of being human is lost. He discusses inner management a ... Show More
7m 29s