When Everyone Thought Sadhguru Was a Failure #DailyWisdom
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Why did Sadhguru choose to sit in isolation for months?
When I closed my eyes for months on end and sat, everybody wrote me off, you know. I went and sat in a small farm in a remote place, closed my eyes and simply sat. who didn't come very often, so I lost lot of weight. Of course, my parents were super disappointed.
How did Sadhguru’s teachers and family react when he left conventional success behind?
My teachers, one by one, they started coming and said, we thought you will do something, but you… you finished. I said, I have never been this great in my life. I might have lost weight, maybe I don't have money, But I have never felt life was this fantastic as it is right now.
What inner transformation made Sadhguru feel life was more fantastic than ever?
So what's fantastic about you? Because your… your friends have become engineers, doctors, IAS officers, what's fantastic about you? I said, I don't care what they have become, I know something fantastic has happened within me. Will the world value this or not, who cares?
Why does Sadhguru say comparing yourself to others blocks true growth?
They thought I've lost my mind also. At one time they really thought I need psychiatric evaluation. Simply because you are not trying to be better than somebody.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why did Sadhguru choose to sit in isolation for months?
0:02–0:35
2
How did Sadhguru’s teachers and family react when he left conventional success behind?
0:35–0:58
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What inner transformation made Sadhguru feel life was more fantastic than ever?
0:58–1:20
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Why does Sadhguru say comparing yourself to others blocks true growth?
1:20–1:34