When Everyone Thought Sadhguru Was a Failure #DailyWisdom

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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes 1 min 4 chapters transcribed 3 hours ago
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Why did Sadhguru choose to sit in isolation for months?

Sadhguru 0:02
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?

Sadhguru 0:35
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?

Sadhguru 0:58
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?

Sadhguru 1:20
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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