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Earth Sense
There is no match for her
Beauty nor her Brilliance.
Off her simple sod she bears
You and Me and all the
multifarious life forms of most
incredible form and hue.
If we did imbibe her sense
We would all be geniuses of the
most fantabulous sort.
We are just pop-ups upon her
generous Breast. We are borne
and nourished through our lives
only upon her Breast. In losing
conscious connection with her
We have lost our life.
The umbilical touch of breath
and bread taken for granted.
Never should you forget
She is the womb and of course
the Tomb.

Grace & Blessings

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 EDITORIAL

Dear Readers,
The year is winding down, but we are
just beginning the most conducive
time for spiritual sadhana – with
the winter solstice and the lunar
month of Margazhi fast approaching.
Traditionally, celibacy is observed
during this period, and so our Lead
Article, “Brahmacharya – Full Speed
in One Direction” will surely gear you
up to break limitations. To balance
the scale, we also bring you “Is
Marriage Obsolete?”, an excerpt from
a conversation Sadhguru had with
fashion designer Sabyasachi.
A group of dedicated seekers have
been making use of this latter part
of the year for their spiritual growth
in the Sadhanapada program at Isha
Yoga Center. Do catch up on what they
have been up to and their inspiring
testimonials in the Sharing Experience
section. For those on the spiritual
path, the breath naturally comes
into one’s awareness, as explained in
“The Breath, Passage to Liberation”.
As this air is integral to our life, so
are the soil and water; Sadhguru
and Terry Tamminen discuss how to
reverse the damage we have done to
these vital components of our lives
in “Earth Sense – How We Can Save
the Planet”.
Also in this issue: Get a recap of
Sadhguru’s engagements over the
last month in the News & Events –
the Bridgebuilder Award, exuberant
programs in the US, and an incredible
reception at his first-ever public talks
in Azerbaijan and the Ukraine; “The
Great War Unfolds” in our Mahabharat
series, and as the death toll rises
on both sides, Krishna tells Arjuna
that hesitation is the worst crime;
and for the health nuts out there,
the sumptuous, vegan, natural and
gluten-free “Raw Carrot Cake” recipe
is a dream come true!
The Editorial Team

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CONTENTS

LEAD ARTICLE MAHABHARAT

Brahmacharya – Full Speed in One Direction 06 Part 49: The Great War Unfolds 10
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE MYSTIC
Is Marriage Obsolete? 4

LEAD ARTICLE
Brahmacharya – Full Speed in One Direction 6

MUSINGS
The Breath, Passage to Liberation 8

MAHABHARAT
Part 49: The Great War Unfolds 10

SADHGURU SPOT
Earth Sense – How We Can Save the Planet 12

NEWS & EVENTS

Sadhguru Receives Bridgebuilder Award and Shares ‘Earth Sense’ 15
Fall Time at the Isha Institute of Inner-sciences 15
BSP with Sadhguru: A Transformative Experience 15
Shambhavi Is the Star 16
Astonishing Footprints in the Caucasus 16
Reaching Out to the Ukraine 16

SHARING EXPERIENCES
Sadhanapada – Time to Work upon Yourself 17

UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Isha – Program & Event Highlights 20

ISHA RECIPES
Raw Carrot Cake 21

ZEN SPEAKS
A Nun Becomes A Monk 23

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Is Marriage Obsolete?
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s splendid attention to detail reflected in the well-crafted questions he put to
Sadhguru during their conversation on 2 September 2018 in Delhi. Here is one on the institution of marriage in
today’s modern society.
Sabyasachi Mukherjee: In this age of personal
confidence, marriages are today becoming nothing
but a contract. It creates a boundary for people to
exist within, and no matter how thin or invisible
a boundary it is, it is still a boundary that creates
a sense of subjugation that many accept only
with compromise. But when I think of live-in
relationships, people co-exist because they want
to, and not because they have to, or because they
are duty-bound. I think it is a deeper act of faith
and love. In today’s liberal world with so much
connectivity and so many options, are marriages,
like many laws, finally becoming obsolete?
Sadhguru: We must understand this – what is the
basis of marriage? One thing is, there is a biological
dimension to a marriage. Next, there may be a
social dimension, a financial dimension, and various
other things. But fundamentally, there is a biological
dimension to it. The nature of our existence is such,
when people come together on a biological level, a
third piece of biology comes – it’s called a child.
When I was three, five, eight, ten years of age, I
was totally for marriage. I wanted my parents to
be properly married and together. I did not want
any threat to that stability. When I’m eighteen, I
don’t like marriage, because my biology is speaking
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IN CONVERSATION
WITH THE MYSTIC
a different language. When our intelligence gets
hijacked by hormones, suddenly we want freedom –
biological freedom. This continues for some time.
When people become fifty, sixty years of age, once
again, they are for marriage.
Marriage is just a socially sanctioned live-in
relationship. Well, someone else told you, it happens
in heaven. That is not an Indian idea. In this country,
we carefully studied everything. Not only whether
these two people will match, whether their stars,
their families, their wealth, and everything matches,
and then we married. So, obviously, we are making
the marriage here, not in heaven. This “marriages are
made in heaven” is from elsewhere, where children
are dropped by storks. Here, we are biologically
competent of producing our own children.
When people come together for long-term
relationships, generally, at least in the past, it led
to children. Today, you can choose; there are many
options. When a child happens to you, it means you
have a twenty-year project on your hands. That is
if they do well. If they don’t do well, it is a lifelong
project. We have no right to bring a child into this
world unless we are ready for a long-term project. If
you decide after three years you don’t want a child
anymore and you think, “This project is not for me; I
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will drop it somewhere” – that is not right. I am not Is marriage perfect for every human being? I wouldn’t
talking morally. That’s against life. say that. Marriage is a choice that one must exercise
responsibly. It is a social sanction so that everyone
If you are going into a twenty-year project, the
knows this is the nature of their relationship, so that
stability of this relationship of man and woman,
they will respect it and give some sanctity to it, so
husband and wife, or the marriage becomes very
that it is not looked down upon in some other way.
important, because things will happen between
Have we evolved beyond the need for marriage? I
two people. Sometimes, I don’t like what you’re
don’t think so. But is it possible individual people
doing. Sometimes, I hate it. Sometimes, I can’t
can live without marriage? Yes.
stand you. When I can’t stand you, shall I walk
away? No, there is a commitment which holds me – If you are going to keep my secret… (Why am I
long-term, it works out. Well, sometimes it could getting into this with you?) When I married my wife,
become tyrannical. At that time, one has a choice of I didn’t marry her; I just told her, “I am married. You
disposing of the relationship. But if you go with the are married to me.” That’s it. She said, “This is all?
whim of the day, every day it would break. Nobody, no guest, no witness, not even a garland?”
I said, “See, no witness is ever going to hold me.
Marriage was just about consolidating a
My word is everything. I said ‘I am married,’ and
commitment. It is a commitment that “I am with
I am married to you. That’s it.” She was looking
you whatever happens,” because we understand
bewildered. I said, “Don’t worry. When I say I am
human nature, that today you look wonderful to me;
married, I am married.” There was no ritual, no
tomorrow, when I don’t like what you are doing,
garland, no registration, nothing. I just went and
suddenly you look horrible to me. This is the nature
told my parents I am married. They said, “What?
of human mind. Then how to sustain a relationship?
Where?” I said, “Does it need a geography? In my
It needs some kind of commitment, a bond. So in
mind, I am married, and that’s it.”
India, when people got married, it was not just two
people who got married – the parents got married Sabyasachi: Thank you.
along with that; mamas, chachas, everyone came.
Sadhguru: This is private. You are not going to
It’s a big binding. If you get angry and move out
share this with anyone. [Laughter]
today, tomorrow all the chachas, mamas, mausis, and
everyone will put you together once again. This
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Brahmacharya – Full Speed in One Direction
In this article, Sadhguru delves into the fundamentals of brahmacharya, in terms of energy, process,
and purpose.
Questioner: Namaskaram, Sadhguru. Powerful
beings like Hanuman and Adi Shankaracharya did
phenomenal work in their lives, and people credit
that to their brahmacharya. What is the potential
of being a brahmachari?
From the Creator to Emptiness
Sadhguru: If you become a brahmachari, one
fantastic thing is, at least you save one life. The next
thing is, of course, you do not produce another brat
like you. These are tangible benefits. What does
brahmacharya mean? The word “Brahman” can
be looked at in many ways. Essentially, Brahman
means a limitless presence of the source of creation.
Brahma also means the Creator. In this a culture,
the Creator does not sit in Heaven. The Creator has
invested himself in every atom in existence, and
occupies a large part of it. Within an atom, over
99.99999 percent is empty space. So the actual
atom, that is the structure or particles of the atom,
is less than .00001 percent. The rest of it is empty.
The same proportion applies to the cosmos: over
99.99999 percent is empty space. Proportionally,
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LEAD ARTICLE
there are only a few stars, planetary systems, and
so on. Largely, the cosmos is empty. Modern science
is struggling to explain a dimension that does not
fit into the logical framework of our mind. They are
trying to describe it as dark energy, empty space,
nothing. We said, “Brahma.” When we referred to
it as a description, we said it is Shiva; that means
it is no-thing. When we referred to it in terms of
potential, we called it Brahma. What is Shiva,
became Brahma. What was just empty space,
became the source of creation.
Brahmacharya means you want to liquidate the
limited quantities of physicality that you are in, so
that it will move towards Brahma, the source of
creation. If you penetrate that which is the source
of creation, naturally, you move towards that which
we refer to as Shiva – that which is not. Why do we
want to go there? Because once you are trapped
in a boundary, something within you is naturally
longing to go beyond it. This longing is not about
expanding the boundary. However much boundary
you have, it wants to go further. The longing is to
become limitless. Anything that is created cannot
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be limitless. Only the uncreated is limitless. This
uncreated dimension of life is called Shiva.
Rocket-like Energy
Brahmacharya means you have laid a path towards
Brahman – the source of creation, so that you can
transit into a dimension which is dimensionless,
called Shiva. When you use the words Brahma or
Shiva, people immediately associate them with a
certain religion, though it is simply the traditional
language of the country. Another dimension of
brahmacharya is like this: If you get into a rocket,
the idea is to break all existing limitations and go to
another dimension. It needs an enormous amount
of fuel. And as the rocket is going up, it is dropping
weight. If it carried the same weight throughout,
it would never have enough fuel to go all the way.
…you need to look at what the most energy-
dissipating processes in your life are.
If you just go to the office, come home, and crib
about this and that every day, you need a certain
level of energy. If you want to not even go to
Brahman but use Brahman as a walkway to the
Divine, you need lots of energy. When you need that
kind of energy, you need to look at what the most
energy-dissipating processes in your life are. All
those things need to be contained. And as you go,
you must drop as much weight as you can. You keep
dropping your ideas, your philosophies, everything.
You may have heard of Parvati’s sadhana.
Parvati’s Sadhana
Parvati is a princess, but she wants to marry Shiva.
She is not willing to compromise. Shiva dismisses
her and says, “Get some man. All you need is a man.”
She says, “No, I want to woo you.” She knows doing
thak-tha in front of him, dressing sexy, or doing a
striptease is not going to work. She understands it
needs intensity of sadhana – so she sits there. He
looks at her and dismisses her, because her level of
sadhana – “Aum Namah Shivaya” – does not mean
a thing to him.
She realizes, “He is laughing at me because I am
concerned about my body, because I cover myself
and eat food.” So she gives up food. She only eats
two leaves a day to sustain the body, and uses
another two leaves to cover herself. So they call
her Dwiparna – two leaves. Her mother Meena
is getting high blood pressure. One thing is her
daughter is sitting in the jungle, and her body is
wasting away. How to get her married when she is
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becoming like a skeleton? Another thing that Meena
is concerned about is that Parvati shed her clothes.
Shiva still looks unimpressed. Then Parvati drops
one leaf. She eats only one leaf and uses another
one to cover her being a woman. Then she is called
Ekaparna – one leaf. He is still unimpressed. So she
stops eating altogether and removes this one leaf
she had to cover herself. She sits naked and without
food, simply absorbed. Then she is called Aparna –
without leaf. Nothing to cover, nothing to sustain,
all cycles broken. This is brahmacharya. She later
got married – that is a different matter.
Crossing the Physical Dimension
Brahmacharya means to power yourself in such a
way that all cycles are broken – to such an extent
that the biology and other things around you cannot
hold you down. This is what brahmacharya means –
everything that dissipates energy is broken. It
is like the burning of fuel in a rocket – all energy
that is being created is going in one direction.
That is why it goes up the way it does. Suppose
the energy went in five different directions, the
rocket would not go anywhere. Similarly with you –
if everything becomes unidirectional, then you
will go somewhere. When it goes in five different
destinations, obviously, it is not interested in
going anywhere.
You know there are stories in the Mahabharat and
Ramayana, where, if you try to kill one man, and
one drop of his blood falls, one more guy comes
up. If a hundred drops fall, a hundred guys come
up. They are talking about a human being who
has made himself so potent that every drop of his
blood functions like semen. Every drop that falls
can recreate another being. This is the significance
of this dimension of life.
If a single cell can make another human
being, it must have immense potential.
If a single cell can make another human being, it
must have immense potential. Something that is
that potent could be transformed into great fuel if
you want to shoot up and go beyond the physical
dimension, which is a power by itself. If you want to
cross the physical dimension, you need to engage
your body in a completely different way. That is
why brahmacharya, though there are many more
aspects to it.
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 MUSINGS

The Breath, Passage to Liberation

In this article, Sadhguru explores the breath as a vital mechanical function that, with the necessary awareness,
can be a perpetually available object of attention and consequently become a possibility of ultimate liberation
from the cycle of life and death.
As one’s awareness gains the needed sharpness or
keenness, one of the first things that one naturally
becomes aware of is the breath. The breath being a
mechanical action in the body that is constant and
If you become a little more conscious,
the breath will naturally come into your
awareness.
continuous, it is truly amazing how most human
beings live without being conscious of the breath.
But once the breath comes into your awareness, it
becomes an amazing process. No wonder breath
watching is probably the most practiced form of
meditation today. It is so basic and simple, but it
comes so easy and naturally that it does not need
any preparation.
If you become a little more conscious, the breath
will naturally come into your awareness. I was six or
seven years of age when I started to enjoy the breath.
Just watching the constant, rhythmic movement
of my little chest and belly kept me interested and
engaged for hours. It was only much later that the
idea of meditation entered my life. But if you are a
bit conscious, you cannot ignore the simple rhythm
of the breath that is going on endlessly. Here is a
poem about the breath, the beauty of the breath,
and the possibility of the breath:
Divine Hand
As I see the seemingly
perpetual play of breath
The breath: the maker of my body,
The taker of my being
when the timely moment comes
This ceaseless play
of the unseen hand
of the Divine
Me firmly held the hand
And the maker could not escape

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Most people notice the breath only when their
body goes into bronchial spasm or excessive breath.
They are missing the normal breath, simply because
they have a serious attention issue. These days,
people are carrying their attention deficiencies like
a qualification. Bringing this attention into your life
and particularly into the lives of our children is most
important. Ultimately, whether it is spiritual or
material, the world yields to you only to the extent
that you are willing to pay attention to it.
Focusing on the breath is a forceful attempt to do
that. But it is also a way of making you conscious.
The important thing is not to focus on the breath
but to raise the pitch of your awareness in such a
way that you are naturally conscious of your breath.
The breath is such a mechanical process. In a minor
way, the body is going through a spasm every
moment you inhale and exhale. How can you miss it
unless you are completely lost in your psychological
framework? Unless you are totally lost in your own
thoughts and emotions, if you simply sit down,
there is no way you can miss the process of the
breath. Including something into your awareness is
not an act. There is no effort involved in this.
When we teach a certain process, we may ask
people to focus on the breath because the necessary
level of awareness is not there. But otherwise, if you
simply sit, there is no way you cannot be conscious
of the breath, unless you are lost in thought. So,
do not be lost in your own thought – it is not
of much consequence, as it comes from a very
limited possibility of information. If you stay with
it, the breath could become an access to a larger
possibility. Right now, the process of breath itself
may not be in most people’s awareness. They may
only be conscious of the sensations caused by the
movement of air in their nostrils or lungs.
If you simply sit or lie down, staying still in every
way, the breath will become such a big process,
and it is on all the time. It is amazing how so many
people can live without noticing it, without being
conscious of it every moment of their life. Staying
focused on the breath is one way to get there. Those
of you who are initiated into Shoonya may find
that if you simply sit there without doing anything,
suddenly the breath seems to be happening in such
a big way. The breath actually is a very big thing,
though you may not realize it until you lose it.
With keenness and intensity of attention,
you can open just about any door in
this universe.
You may have heard the Bhaja Govindam chant,
where it says, Nischala tatvam, jeevan mukti. What
this means is if there is an unwavering attention
towards something, no matter what the thing is,
then liberation, the possibility of freedom cannot be
denied to you. In other words, the essential problem
of human beings is lack of attention. With keenness
and intensity of attention, you can open just about
any door in this universe. It all depends on how
keen and intense your attention is, and how much
energy behind your attention is. In this context, the
breath is a beautiful device because it is constantly
on, as long as we are alive. The breath is there all the
time. You just have to be conscious.

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 MAHABHARAT
SERIES
PART 49
The Great
War Unfolds
Mahabharat
All peace negotiation between the Pandavas and the Kauravas failed. War is inevitable. The armies assemble.
Arjuna’s Attempt to Bail Out
Just before the war, Arjuna suddenly has an urge for
peace. Standing between the two armies, he says,
“I don’t want this. I cannot kill my grandfather, my
Guru, my brothers, and my friends, just to have a
kingdom. I will go back to the forest.” That is when
the eighteen chapters of the Gita are rendered, and
Krishna gives the Vishwarupa Darshana. So Krishna
is saying, “If you wanted to become a hermit, you
should have become one before. Why did you get
all these people to the battlefield? They came to
fight for you. And now you want to go to the forest,
while they will all die in the battle? You entered the
battle. You cannot become a hermit now. Go! Either
you kill or you die – you have to do one of these
things.” Krishna goes to the extent of saying, “This is
my will; you have to do it.”
The war begins. The Mahabharat describes the
whole event arrow by arrow. We will not go into
every detail. Bhishma is the commander or senapati
of the Kauravas. Dhrishtadyumna, Drupada’s son
and Draupadi’s brother is the commander of the
Pandava forces. Krishna’s Yadava army is on the side
of the Kauravas, as promised; led by Kritavarma.
Notice that in spite of all the bitterness, they still
keep their word. You promised to send the army, so
you send the army. You do not say, “You deceived
me, so I will not send the army.” That is the day
and age in which they lived. I will not go into all the
gory details of things that happened. Uttara, who,
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inspired by Arjuna, has become a great warrior,
goes down on day one.
Enraged, his father Virata goes berserk, killing
anybody who comes his way. The Kauravas suffer
a phenomenal loss of men and material. Bhima is
in his destructive best, and the Pandava army has
a slight upper hand on the second day. This see-
saw continues day by day, hour by hour. Sometimes
one side is dominating, sometimes the other. But
on certain days, when certain people went at it full
force, a very large number of soldiers got decimated
on the battlefield.
A Seesaw Battle Ensues
On day three, things happened in such a way
that the Kauravas started gaining dramatically.
Yudhishthira began to freak out a bit. There are
two aspects why you do not want a war: one thing
is you do not want the violence; another thing is
the fear of loss. When there is hope for victory, you
do not mind a war. But when this hope dwindles,
you do not want a war. When you know that you
are going to be the victor, you say, “Let’s finish the
war.” When you know you are going to lose, you
want to withdraw.
The war goes on, and the Kauravas gain ground
in a big way between the fifth and ninth day. Still,
Bhima continues to kill Duryodhana’s brothers, and
every day, he tells Duryodhana how many of them
he killed. Duryodhana’s anguish and anger keeps
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building up with each day he counts how many
brothers have died today. And Dhritarashtra and
Gandhari camp close by. Dhritarashtra wants to
have a ringside view, hoping that his sons will win
the war, like he had a ringside view of the dice game.
Every time the dice were rolled, all he asked was,
“Who won?” Though people were being led into total
disaster, which would invariably lead to bloodshed
after some time, the only thing Dhritarashtra was
concerned about was, “Who won?”
Even now, at the battlefield, Dhritarashtra sits there
with the same concern. Sanjaya describes every
event to him. When the Kauravas face losses and
the news reaches him, he suffers immensely. When
they are doing a little better, Dhritarashtra becomes
hopeful, but Sanjaya keeps reminding him, “Krishna
is on the other side. Whatever games happen, in
the end, they will win, they will win, they will win,”
Vidura and Sanjaya kept chanting.
Hesitation, the Worst Crime
Along the way, many times, whenever he faces
certain people from the other side – particularly
Bhishma – Arjuna avoids going for the kill. How to
fight a battle that way? You may not have seen a
battle, but you have seen a cricket match at least.
Let us say if you like the batsman, you bowl a slow
ball – you cannot play a game like this. If you are
at war and you are willing to kill one person from
the other side but not the other – you cannot fight
a battle like this. You cannot do anything like this.
Krishna’s fundamental teaching is not war. What he
is saying is that without involvement, you cannot
do anything. This is the beautiful thing about the
Gita: Krishna is not saying compassion or whatever
else is the greatest thing – he is saying hesitation is
the worst of all crimes.
Look back at your own life: if you decided to do
something but then you hesitate, in this hesitation,
you are avoiding life. This is the context in which
Krishna spoke: when you hesitate, you miss life.
Hesitation means you are neither here nor there.
Krishna is saying, “Before you start such a huge
situation, a major war, you hesitate. But once you
start something, there is no looking back. Either you
sail through or you die – that is all there is.” This is
not just with war but with lots of situations in life.
You start something; halfway down, just because it
is uncomfortable or unpleasant for you, you think
you can drop it and go.
What Krishna is saying in this context does not
look like any spiritual teaching, but it is the greatest
teaching. He says, “Hesitation is the worst of all
crimes, because when you hesitate, you are missing
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life.” You are losing touch with life, because you are
lost in your mind. Your opinions, your ideas, your
emotions have taken over, and that does not allow
you to function.
Krishna, the Strategic “Deserter”
On the spiritual path, it is a daily affair: “Sadhguru,
all the way. I will give my life to you, Sadhguru.”
Then I say, “Don’t give your life; keep it, and keep it
well. I will tell you how to put it to truly wonderful
use, how to make it worthwhile for the life that you
are.” One day, they say, “I will give you my life,” and
the next day, they say, “Sadhguru, I don’t like the
food in the ashram. I can’t.” Or “No, Sadhguru. I was
really committed, but you know what this person
said?” I say, “Oh, they said something about you
too? Is there anything that they have not said about
me?” Anything that a man can do and cannot do has
been said.
Kshatriyas called Krishna “Ranchor,” which means
“one who stole away from a battlefield,” a coward,
a deserter. Because when Jarasandha attacked
Mathura from one side and another king from
Afghanistan attacked from the west, Krishna saw
there was no way to fight these two armies at
the same time. So he took his people and went to
Dwaraka to save them, because he thought there is
no point in everyone getting killed. Let the city burn;
let the people live somewhere else. So they went
and created a great city somewhere else. Dwaraka
became one of the richest and most prosperous
cities of the day. For this move, Krishna got this
title of a Ranchor, a deserter, which stuck to him
all his life.
He did not withdraw out of hesitation; he withdrew
because he knew that if he stayed there, all his people
would die for nothing. Making a strategic decision
in a war to do something is one thing. But if you are
willing to kill one man but you hesitate to kill the
other, when both are wearing the same uniform –
that is a different thing. In a way, it is the uniform
that you kill, not the men. If you look into the life of
the man who is in front of you, maybe there are so
many wonderful things about him that you do not
want to kill him. If you look at the man – suppose
you know his family, his wife and children – you
cannot kill him. You are looking at the uniform, and
you want less and less of that uniform standing –
that is all a war is about.
To be continued.
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Earth Sense – How We Can Save the Planet
SADHGURU SPOT

Sadhguru and Terry Tamminen, CEO of Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, discuss how the massive ecological
disaster we are heading toward could still be averted. Sadhguru says, “Are we just going to sit on the threshold
and watch, or are we going to make it happen? It’s in our hands. Let’s make it happen.”

Small Steps with a Big Impact one of those steps? What have you found in your
teaching that would help us move this country in
Terry Tamminen: Too many people don’t
that direction?
understand the world we live in today. They think
of things in terms that are perhaps ultimately Sadhguru: Well, in a nation like this, everyone taking
not relevant. Whether it’s economic, whether it’s one small step is very important, no question about
someone else’s fault, whether it’s, “My little bit that. But at the same time, for a nation which wields
won’t matter, if I drive a little less, if I turn off the
light switch, if I eat less meat or no meat, if I make
differences in my own life.” To me, that’s the biggest Sadhguru: If we don’t express our concern
challenge. How do we get more people to wake
in the way we live, the nation or the
up to learn how the world really works, get them
to take those steps, see that every little step that government is not going to change that.
every one of us does matters, and then to take each

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so much power in the world, it’s important certain
fundamental policy changes happen. Otherwise, we
will be just driving on self-satisfaction, but no real
solution. So it’s very important that nations come
up with policies which are ecologically sensitive and
sensible to do. Individual people, of course, must do
their part, because we are democracies. If we don’t
express our concern in the way we live, the nation
or the government is not going to change that.
Administrations are not going to change by
themselves. It is the people’s will which is expressed
in the form of administrations, because after all,
most nations are democratic, and it’s the people who
elect the people who get there. Individual action is
important for awareness, because it’s this individual
action which will ultimately transform or culminate
in the form of a sensitive administration. Without
individual concern, a sensitive administration will
not come. But we have reached a point on the
planet where strong, ecologically sensitive policies
are needed.
Ecology Needs Worldwide Policies
You and I switching off the light is great. I don’t even
turn on the light, so I don’t switch off either. Most
of the time, I am alone at home; I never turn on the
light. I can walk through darkness very effortlessly.
Unless I want to read, I don’t turn on a single light
in the house; I am just fine. The dogs are happy;
I am happy. Every other creature is happy if the
lights are not on. So, yes, all of us can do that. It’s
very important because if we are not ecologically
sensitive, we will not get an ecologically sensitive
administration or policymakers in place. But a time
has come when strong policies are needed. Without
that, there will be no solutions, because of the
turnaround time…
As I said, I am not a doomsayer, but if we want to
turn around this planet in terms of water, in terms
of soil condition… This is something most people
ignore in terms of ecology: the soil. The damage
we have caused to the soil on the planet is the
biggest. Other things may be visible. Ice is melting
somewhere – it’s visible. But the damage we have
caused to the soil across the planet is incredible and
most dangerous, because this is where life evolves.
You and me are just a little bit of soil. What was
soil became food; what was food became flesh and
blood. If we don’t get it right now, one day we will
get it when we are buried.
Most people get it a bit too late. But everybody gets
the point, at some point. These things cannot be
turned around with individual action. This needs
a worldwide policy. I think if we want to turn the
December 2018
soil around, if we take concrete action in the next
five to ten years, in the next twenty-five to thirty
years, we could turn it around quite reasonably.
But if we don’t take any action now, and let’s say,
after fifty years, we want to act, to turn around the
same soil will take a hundred to a hundred and fifty
years. That means four to five generations will go
through terrible states of life because the soil is in
a bad condition. If we fix the soil, water is fixed, air
is fixed, everything is fixed. Soil must be rich and on
because this [the human body] is the same sod.
A Three-Pronged Plan to Stop
Global Warming:
Terry Tamminen: Well, that’s very well said, and I
can give a little context for that. Actually, in the next
couple of weeks, the DiCaprio Foundation is going
to be releasing a study that we have been working
on – a plan, not just a study – with MIT, with
Berkeley, and a number of other institutions around
the world – called One Earth, which identifies a path
to no more than 1.5 degree centigrade warming.
As most of you probably know, there was an
agreement reached in Paris three years ago, a
climate agreement with over 174 nations, and the
goal was to stop global warming at 2 degrees, with
Terry Tamminen: …the DiCaprio
Foundation is going to be releasing…
a plan…called One Earth, which identifies
a path to no more than 1.5 degree
centigrade warming.
a hopeful goal of no more than 1.5. We know that
a lot of further disasters will occur if we let it get
to 2 degrees. So how would you get to 1.5 was the
challenge we gave these great academics, and we
took away what it would take to do.
1. Renewable Energy
And we came up with three things – that by 2050,
we need to move most of the world’s energy to a
clean renewable energy. When we started talking
about this even two or three years ago, it seemed
like we couldn’t possibly do that with the economics
and the technology there. And since then, look at
how many companies have committed to over a
hundred percent renewables, how many cities, how
many states. The State of California, the seventh
largest economy on the planet, passed a law, signed
into law a couple of weeks ago to be one hundred
percent renewable energy powered by 2045, and
we have the pathway to do it.
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2. Regenerative Agriculture So for example, many of you may have seen that
São Paulo a year ago was facing evacuation of a
The second leg is indeed to get by 2050 most of
third of the city because they ran out of water. And
our agriculture back to what we call regenerative
that was because they had denuded rainforests
agriculture, which is regenerating the soil. That’s
many, many miles away from São Paulo. But, that’s
what our parents and grandparents did. And
what had sequestered the rains, sequestered the
interestingly, now that Cuba is opening up again –
moisture, nourished the soils, which then allowed
they didn’t have access to a lot of petroleum-based
aquifers to fill and rivers to flow and so forth that
fertilizers and pesticides and herbicides, so they
kept a city of 22 million people alive. When they
have continued to do this throughout the last fifty
destroyed those forests, all of that disappeared
years, and obviously longer. Basically, you don’t dig
with the first drought. So now they are learning
out and destroy the soil and expose it, and let all
that that has to be restored, that it’s not just for the
the microbes and the organisms and the organic
sake of creatures or plants and animals that we’ll
material decompose into methane, which is a very
never see – it’s actually for the human ecosystem
potent greenhouse gas, and then supplement it
services as well.
with petroleum-based fertilizers.
I’ll get off my soapbox, but my point being there’s
In essence, you are sterilizing the soil, you are killing
three things that will give us a livable planet, that
it, as Sadhguru says, and then you are throwing
will give us a sustainable planet for ten billion people
something on it to try to make it work. Instead,
by 2050, and it is this: hundred percent renewables,
we just need to go back to the basic concept of
hundred percent regenerative agriculture, and
using organic material; it’s there. Harvest the crop,
saving half for nature. And so your point about soils
put the organic waste back into the soil with light
is really at the centerpiece of all that.
tilling, with light crop practices, and in fact you will
get better yields for far less money and be able to No Time to Waste
restore water and various other ecosystems.
Sadhguru: Humanity has the intelligence and for
3. Half the Planet for Nature the first time the competence to fix things on this
The third leg of the stool is we have to save half planet like never before. We are the first generation
the planet for nature. And we are obviously not who have the necessary competence, intelligence,
going to say, “Oh well, let’s save the southern half technology, and communication capabilities. This
and we schmutz1 the northern half.” It’s too late for human being is a tremendous possibility. In my
that. But, what we can do is take a look at all the perception, I think we are just geared, we have
marine-protected areas we have already created, everything in place to become the greatest
national parks, the ecosystem reserves that exist in generation of humanity ever on this planet,
because no generation was ever empowered like
every single country, the natural places, even parks
we are. Whether we are going to just sit on the
in the cities and stitch them together in ways that it threshold and watch, or we are going to make it
actually becomes a safety net for the planet, where happen, is in our hands. Let’s make it happen.
effectively, half the planet is preserved for nature
and the ecosystem services that nature provides us.

1   Yiddish/German for dirt/grime

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Sadhguru Receives Bridgebuilder
Award and Shares ‘Earth Sense’ NEWS AND EVENTS

Los Angeles, USA, 15 October:

Sadhguru received the Doshi Family
Bridgebuilder Award at Loyola
Marymount University in LA. The
award is given annually to honor an
individual or organization dedicated
to fostering understanding between
cultures, peoples, and disciplines. Read
an excerpt of Sadhguru’s keynote
conversation on “Earth Sense” with
Terry Tamminen, CEO of Leonardo
DiCaprio Foundation on pp. 12–14.

Fall Time at the Isha Institute of Inner-sciences

Fall Time
The Fall of a leaf so gentle
But profound, as those
who fall willingly are the
Ones to rise to the highest
The colorful glee is a death dance
Many glories of the life cycle.
Love & Grace,

BSP with Sadhguru: A Transformative Experience

Isha Institute of Inner-sciences, USA; 19–21 Oct:
The interest in experiencing Bhava Spandana with
Sadhguru at the iii had been huge. In no time after
the registration opened, this advanced program
was overbooked, with a few thousand on the
waiting list. It turned out to be a most exuberant,
life-changing event for many. In a recent Spot,
Sadhguru shared the following about the event:
“…been wondering when I should withdraw from
conducting these spectacular events… But when
you witness the incredible shift that happens to the
participants, magnificent nature of energy when
people dissolve their rigid structures and melt into
one mega life, my heart overrules my thought.”
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Shambhavi Is the Star
San Francisco, USA; 3–4 Nov: San Francisco
saw the largest Shambhavi initiation ever in the
USA, with 3500 participants. Sadhguru shared
on a Sadhguru Spot, “A joy to be among these
wonderful seekers of truth. Delightful people, the
level of focus and discipline extraordinary for a
large group. Of course, the overwhelming nature
Astonishing Footprints in the Caucasus
Sadhguru at the Jwalaji (Ateshgah/Fire) Temple in Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan; 10 November: Initially, Sadhguru
visiting Azerbaijan may have come as a bit of a
surprise to some. But a second glance reveals an
unexpected connection: the region bears signs of
a Saptarishi’s influence. Baku’s Jwalaji/Ateshgah
Temple with its eternal fire and Sanskrit inscriptions,
for example, is a manifestation of elemental
worship. Sadhguru said, “A visit to Jwalaji is a must;
footprint of Indian spirituality and yoga from over
four millennia kept alive in this sacred space.”
Reaching Out to the Ukraine
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of Shambhavi is the star, thanks to Adiyogi and all
yogis and sages who kept this great possibility alive
for this many millennia. This simple but powerful
process can be a game changer for humanity if it
touches and transforms the leadership in the world.
We shall stay on track…”
Public talk at the Hyder Aliyev Center in Baku
The economy of this country at the crossroads of
Eastern Europe and Western Asia is thriving, largely
due to its wealth of natural resources, particularly
oil and gas. The auditorium at the futuristic Heydar
Aliyev Center, venue of Sadhguru’s talk, is the pride
of the nation. It was packed to capacity of 1000, and
an adjacent hall with an LED screen was arranged for
another 1000 eager listeners. Among the audience
was the President’s daughter Leyla Aliyeva, upon
whose invitation Sadhguru visited Azerbaijan.
Kiev, Ukraine; 11 November:
Ukraine, a country that has endured the pummels
of both World Wars, revolution and breakup.
Sadhguru’s very first visit here was greeted with
incredible warmth by the people, to offset the
sub-zero temperatures. 4000 wedged themselves
into every nook and cranny of the program hall to
attend Sadhguru’s first ever public talk in Kiev. In
a private meeting, government leaders exhibited
their trust in Sadhguru as they consulted him on
resolving issues in their state.
December 2018
 SHARING
EXPERIENCE

Sadhanapada – Time to Work upon Yourself

With the first ever Sadhanapada program at the Isha Yoga Center, over 200 participants from 21 countries
embarked on a transformative period of sadhana, starting from Guru Purnima 2018 until Mahashivaratri 2019.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at their journey, sadhana, and experiences so far.

How Sadhguru Defines Sadhanapada

The time between summer solstice and winter
solstice is generally referred to as Sadhanapada.
Particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, this is a
time when sadhana yields its best results. Sadhana
is not just sitting eyes closed and doing something;
sadhana is also learning to work, sadhana is also
learning to move among people with least amount
of friction. We want to bring this kind of people to
the world.

The First Sadhanapada Program at Isha Yoga Center

This year, for the first time, Sadhguru
offered the possibility for people to
spend the period of Sadhanapada within
the consecrated environs of the Isha
Yoga Center. Over 200 participants from
21 countries embarked on this process,
which started from Guru Purnima on
27 July 2018 and will culminate on
Mahashivaratri on 4 March 2019. The
days of the Sadhanapada participants
are filled with intense sadhana and
volunteering activities (seva), all designed
for inner transformation.

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 Motivations to Join Sadhanapada

“I’m like manure. If you keep it on your head, it will be

no good. If you look up to it, it will fall on your face.
But if you sink your roots into me, for sure you will
flower.” – Sadhguru
Nora from Germany: “I have done several courses
with Isha and after the Inner Engineering, I really
felt that I wanted to be more in Sadhguru’s presence
and to deepen my Sadhana. Like you know, ‘This is
it. I have to go.’”
Aniruddh from Russia: “I was like, definitely. You
know, it’s a great privilege. Not many people get
the opportunity to come to the Ashram for seven
months, volunteer, get to stay here. It’s just first-
hand experience; it’s amazing.”

Sadhana in the Consecrated Ashram Space

“Its unique energy, structure, and location make the

Isha Yoga Center a tremendously powerful space for
self-transformation.” –Sadhguru
Vivek Rudra from Noida, Uttar Pradesh: “Here, everything
is just effortless. Everything, everyone is just moving in one
direction. And we are in this energy and in this space, which
is just incomparable.”
Gourav Bhura from Jaipur, Rajasthan: “At home, I can be
whichever way I want and just do my practices and carry
on. But in the Ashram, you are being tested every moment.”
Vagisha from Mumbai, Maharashtra: “It’s just very easy to
do Sadhana here – it just flows; it’s not that much effort.
Doing it with focus comes naturally here. It’s beautiful
doing Sadhana here.”

Prithvi Prema Seva: In Touch with the Earth

Participants are regularly

spending time in touch with
the earth. Sadhguru says that
this process is of elemental
importance for the human
system: “Fundamentally, your
whole body is just a play of the
five elements. This elemental
play happens in a more organized
and intense way when you are in
touch with the earth.”

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 Explore Sadhanapada in 2019
Daily Hatha Yoga practice is an integral part of the
Sadhanapada. Sadhguru says, “The purpose of Hatha
Yoga is to establish a body that is less susceptible to
outside influences – a stable platform to build on.”
Suvarna from Goa: “At home, I just did Hatha Yoga
as an exercise. But when I do it here, at the end of it,
I just don’t want to open my eyes.”
Paulina from Mexico: “It’s a weird sensation being
light like a feather but strong at the same time.”
Shubham from Pune, Maharashtra: “Being a medical
student, it was a great experience for me that if you
twist physically, it could influence your mind.”

Bhakti Sadhana: The Path of Devotion

“Devotion is a way to merge into all that you are in
touch with – breath, work, people, planet, and the
very universe,” Sadhguru says. In Bhakti Sadhana,
bowing down to everything indiscriminately
becomes a way to rise beyond your limitations and
experience a sense of oneness with existence.
Gregg from New Jersey, USA: “I realized that life is
extended past my own boundary, my own mind.
Whereas before, I wasn’t aware of what was taking
place around me. Life is everywhere. Doing and
seeing that is just a huge eye opener.”

Adiyogi Pradakshina: Becoming an Offering

During the Adiyogi Pradakshina, participants
circumambulate Adiyogi, Yogeshwar Linga,
Suryakund or Chandrakund, Trimurti Panel,
Linga Bhairavi, and Dhyanalinga, in order to
become receptive to the energy forms and the
Grace of Adiyogi.
Shailaja from Bilagi, Karnataka: “First I thought it’s so
far, I won’t be able to walk. But it was so effortless.
And when I sat in Dhyanalinga, tears were coming –
with joy or bliss, I don’t know.”
Varun from Bengaluru, Karnataka: “By the time we
finish and reach Dhyanalinga, I just stand there,
and there is this silence. Something within me is
becoming still.”

Explore Sadhanapada in 2019

Sadhanapada offers the possibility to come to a new Dates: Guru Purnima, 16 July 2019 to
level of balance, clarity, and stability within yourself – a Mahashivaratri, 21 February 2020
steady foundation to go through any life situation with
a sense of ease. Sadhguru will open up the opportunity For more information/contact:
to participate in Sadhanapada on a larger scale and is isha.sadhguru.org/sadhanapada
planning to spend more time at the Isha Yoga Center
during this period.

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Raw Carrot Cake
METHOD
1. If you are making the frosting (optional), soak
the cashews in hot water for 30 minutes to 1
hour. Then rinse and drain. Add to a high-speed
blender or mixer along with coconut milk, lemon
juice, honey, and vanilla and blend on high until
very creamy and smooth, scraping the sides as
needed. Cover and refrigerate to chill.
2. Using a box grater or mixer, grate or pulse the
carrots and set aside.
3. To a large food processor or mixer, add the pitted
dates and blend until small bits remain or a ball
forms. Remove and set aside.
4. To the food processor or mixer, add the walnuts,
vanilla, salt, and spices. Blend or pulse until a
semi-fine meal is achieved. Then add dates back
in, along with shredded carrots, and pulse in one-
second measurements until a loose dough forms
and the carrots are just incorporated. Be careful
not to over-blend. You are looking for a pliable
dough, not a purée.
5. Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl. Add
coconut flour and raisins and stir to combine.
December 2018
ISHA RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
Frosting (optional)
1 ¼ cup raw cashews
½ cup thick coconut milk
2 Tbsps. lemon juice
3 Tbsps. honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Cake
2 cups finely shredded carrots
2 cups pitted dates
2 ½ cups raw walnuts
2 tsp. vanilla extract
¼ tsp. salt
1 ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
¾ tsp. ground ginger
1 pinch nutmeg
½ cup desiccated coconut, ground
into a fine powder
¼ cup raisins (optional)
6. Prepare a 7–9 inch springform pan (or a large
cake pan or an 8x8-baking dish with high edges)
by adding parchment paper along the bottom
and sides. Then add the cake mixture, and spread
and press down evenly to pack. Use a flat-
bottomed object, such as a drinking glass, to help
press everything into an even layer. (NOTE: You
could also scoop and roll these into balls to enjoy
as cake bites!)
7. At this point, you can enjoy the cake by carefully
lifting or sliding the cake out of its pan. However,
if adding the frosting, pour the frosting on and
tap out any air bubbles. Then place on a baking
sheet (to keep level) and freeze for 3–4 hours or
until the frosting is semi-firm to the touch.
8. To serve, make sure the cake is not fully frozen
so it is soft enough to cut (letting it thaw on the
counter for 30 minutes should help). Garnish
with more nuts, raisins, or other desired toppings
(all optional). Use a hot knife to carefully cut out
slices. Best enjoyed slightly chilled (not frozen).
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