Sadhguru on the true purpose of a Guru

Sadhguru: What is the role of a Guru today? My role is not to give solace to people. I am here to awaken people to the highest possibility that they are. The whole purpose of spiritual science is to awaken a human being to his ultimate possibility, so that he lives a full life on all levels – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually – that he becomes a complete human being. Because the very purpose of life is to experience life in its fullest depth and dimension. But right now, in the name of spirituality, people have gone about teaching how to avoid life. People are talking about solace, people are talking about contentment, people are talking about non-attachment or withdrawing from life.

Life can only be experienced with involvement. The deeper your involvement with life, the more you will know about life. So spirituality means ultimate involvement with life, not withdrawal from life. The only way to experience life is to involve yourself, but people have a fear of involvement because they have a fear of entanglement. People have a fear of entanglement only because their involvement is very discriminatory.

If I am only involved with you and nothing else around me, invariably I will get entangled with you. But if your involvement is so indiscriminate that with everything that you are in touch with right now, the air that you breathe, the earth that you are walking on, if you are absolutely involved with everything that you can see, hear, touch, smell and taste, this will leave you ecstatic, free from everything and there will be no fear of entanglement at all.

Fear is not a natural state. Fear is something that you have cultivated because of limited perception. So, if your ability to see life as it is, is enhanced, as your perception is enhanced, as you see life with more clarity, there will be less fear. Fear is not something that you need to handle. What you need to bring into your life is clarity. The whole science of yoga is just focused towards this, to enhance your perception of the ultimate possibility.

In yoga, we see Shiva as the Adiyogi and the Adi Guru. That means he is the first yogi and the first Guru, and always, he is always depicted as the one with a third eye. A third eye does not mean he is a freak with a crack in the forehead. It simply means that his perception has reached its ultimate possibility. So the clearer your perception is, the more fear disappears from your life.

Ranked among the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a Yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author. Sadhguru was conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service. He is also the founder of the world’s largest people’s movement, Conscious Planet – Save Soil, which has touched over 4 billion people.

 The role of a Guru today is not merely to provide solace but to awaken individuals to their highest potential as per Sadhguru. He further expalins, the essence of spiritual science is to guide people toward experiencing life fully—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Instead of promoting withdrawal from life or focusing on contentment and non-attachment, the true purpose of spiritual guidance is to encourage living a complete and enriched life, embracing its fullest depth and dimension.  Events Lifestyle News -Fashion Trends, Beauty Tips, Celebrity Party News, Relationship advice, Travel and Food Tips