I hope most of you know the value of spirituality and a guru in one's life. I happened to come across Sadhguru and started following him ever since. 

Below is a summary of what Sadhguru teaches in Inner Engineering Online program. This will be useful only if you have completed the course. If not, i strongly recommend that you complete the course and then go through this.

Approximate reading time : 5 mins

 Key Takeaways from Sadhguru’s Inner Engineering Online

Chapter 1 - Mechanics of Life

Keyword - look inward

1.         What you know you know , what you do not know you do not know

2.         Don't assume things. Don’t jump to conclusions. Seek.

3.         You don’t know the pain of ignorance.

4.         Everything won’t be alright. You can only make sure that you are yourself alright.

5.         Don’t look for solace. Look for solution.

6.         If you are seeking solace just believe that god is holding your hands and eth will be fine. It might    make you sleep well. If you want solution then see the life the way it is and then it will happen        the way you want it should.

7.         Don’t ask why creation? Ask 'how creation'. ‘How’ has the depth.

 

Chapter 2 - The only Bondage

Keyword - Desire, consciousness

1.         Dreams are unfulfilled desire.

2.         The energy that you call desire and the energy that you call life are no different. Desire is the       

         basis of life.

3.         Your desire is not for more but for all. Knowingly or unknowingly you are continuously longing     to break away from boundaries of physicality. So Knowingly or unknowingly you are spiritual.

4.         Thought and emotion are psychological realty and not existential reality. They are of no                   significance. 

5.         Don’t even strive for positive thought. Strive for thoughtlessness.

6.         Spirituality is related to existential reality.

7.         Be filled with gratitude and blissfulness that sun came up today.

8.         Consciousness is straight-line. Compulsiveness is cyclical nonsense.

9.         Things happening around doesn’t cause misery. Your compulsive reaction to it does. Consciously     you act and not react.

10.      If your body mind and emotions will take instructions from you the you’re conscious and      

         consciously you will always choose to be joyful and not miserable

a)          If mastery over your body - 15-20% of life and destiny is in your hands.

b)         If mastery over your mind - 50-60% of life and destiny is in your hands.

c)          If mastery over your energy then 100% of life and destiny is in your hands. 

·             Having life and destiny is in your hands means you can even choose the womb in which you want to take next birth. 

 

Chapter 3 - To live and to live totally 

Keyword - Responsibility, Involvement

1.         The more you eat the more your body spends its energy to consume it so the more you sleep.

2.         Fruits travel through alimentary canal in 3 hrs, raw veg in 15 hrs, cooked veg in 48 hrs, cooked meat in 50 hrs, raw meat in 72 hrs

3.         Responsibility is the ability to respond. Ability to respond gives you freedom to act.

4.         Limitless responsibility means divine/god.

5.         Your body anyways responds like when sun comes up, to food, water , air otherwise you die. Make your mind also responsible.

6.         Responding to your breath is a great love affair(more than your spouse).

7.         Involvement means responding in an unbridled way.

8.         There is no choice between being responsible or not being responsible. Only choice is between consciously responding o unconsciously responding.

9.         Respond to air, water, life around, trees, cloud, sky, etc your 5 senses are in touch with. Ever a concern for a death you see on a TV is enough.

10.   Don’t ever utter the word ‘Responsible’. Don’t talk about it. It is about BEING RESPONSIBLE. Thats the way life functions.

 

Chapter 4 - You are not what you think

Keyword - Happiness, This moment, acceptance, truth

1.         Whether you exist or not, whether creation exists or not, this moment is inevitable. The way it is     is the way it is. Next moment is a million possibilities and you can’t know it. 

2.         Everything that is a reality is in this moment. This is absolutely unique and fresh moment.

3.         This moment is the doorway between creation and creator. Life bypasses you if you are not in      

         this moment.

4.         Life has fixed you in this moment. But your mind is never in this moment. There are spirits and   

        disembodied being flying all over the place not knowing taste of life but only taste of mind.     

        Human body is valuable only because you can use your intellect and its discriminatory nature  

         when in body.

5.         This is a moment to moment awareness. You can’t make knowledge out of it.

6.         If you are aware, conscious, positive dynamic acceptance of what is there right now. Happiness       is the only way you can be.

7.         Happiness is that basic state of your existence.

8.         Remaining in constant state of pleasantness can make you super human.

9.         Yesterday is not alive, it doesn’t exist. Its there only in our mind. Past and future is non     

         existential. How can it hurt you.

10.      This moment means you are in touch with truth. Pain is good but suffering is made by you and         magnified by your mind.

11.        If you can maintain awareness of inevitability of this moment for even 1 minute in next 24        

         hours you can be a BUDDHA.

12.      Truth is not sth you get. You have to yield to it, there is no other way. In the lap of truth creation     happens. 

13.      Truth can only be perceived and experienced. Any interpretation is misinterpretation.

14.      You are a tiny speck in this creation and your mind wants to grasp it. If you try to get it you may     get some idea about it. Idea means you made it up which will not help.  

15.      You can’t hold it you are held in it. 

16.      Just become aware and relax in the lap of truth(this moment)

17.     You can’t make it a policy to accept every moment otherwise you will become lethargic.You can     think about tomorrow or yesterday by being consciously aware of this moment. Thinking and      

         planning about yest/tomm is not a problem. Just don’t live there. 

18.      If you accept this moment then everything becomes part of you. Then you won’t hurt anyone   

        because they are you.

19.   Yoga means union. Everything has become one.

20.   If your acceptance is total then you can experience whole existence as yourself.

21.   Intellect can only explore the periphery of life. To know core, intelligence is needed.

22.   If you pay enough attention then there is nothing in human consciousness which can’t be opened.

23.   Being responsible is synonymous with acceptance of truth or inevitability of this moment.

 

Chapter 5 - MIND - the miracle

Keyword – Karma

1.         You are part of existence and existence is a part of you. It seems logically impossible but its the       truth.

2.         Time and Space is stretchable. In yoga they say you can pack all of creation in a mustard seed.

3.         In universe eth is cyclic - planets revolving around sun, rotating on their axis. Seed-plant-tree-flower-fruit-seed

4.         Everything in physical existence is part of cause and effect. You enjoy or suffer it.

5.         Gautama Buddha says - By the time we wink our eyes all subatomic particles are appearing and disappearing millions of times. Everything only seems to be there but not really there.

6.         Your mind is deeply conditioned by past activity. This condition of mind is called karma. The very way you think, feel, understand and perceive life is your karma.

7.         We can repeat what we heard in our sleep 25 years back.

8.         The way we recognise something is our karma e.g. sth is bitter, sweet, beautiful, ugly. 

9.         Everything in cosmos is going in wonderful way. Sun has come up. Flowers are blossoming but man has depressed face. So thats his karma its his making. 

10.   The Stronger your likes and dislikes the stronger and more painful your karma becomes. Just simply experience everything for the way it is. Liking and disliking distorts it.

11.   When you maintain equanimous mind karma begins to collapse.

12.   When you are accepting eth the way it is right now your mind becomes equanimous. 

13.   To the extent you see life to that extent you are responsible. You can’t pass the buck. You are responsible for the things which happened before you were born.

14.   Karma is completely taking charge of your life and not allowing it to happen accidentally. Your life is 100% your karma. If you see this you will create life the way you want.

15.   Karma is a software. You can live in a palace and be miserable or you can live in a slum and be joyful.

16.   Your drunk friend crashes the car you also die. Your karma is to be with a drunken friend. The point is not is this fair or right.

17.   Karma doesn’t spare you because you are good man. It doesn’t matter if you are good. We need sensible people not good.

18.   Karma is like throwing a stone which goes very high up and you forget it and it comes back after few days and hits you back.

 

Chapter 6 - SOUNDS OF CREATION

Keyword - Silence, AUM

1.         Food

·      Satta Positive Pranic Food - Ashgourd, black pepper, honey, fruits, vegetables, nuts, dried fruits

·      Tamas Negative Pranic Food - garlic, onion, hing, green chilli, coffee/tea, eggplant

·      Zero Pranic - Potato, Tomato

2.         Rest is basis of all activity. You enjoy restfulness and not sleep. If you sleep 8 hours everyday you are inviting death 20 years early. Sleep is nothingness.

3.         Only if you go back to nothingness , somethingness is substance.

4.         If your job requires you to come up with something new everyday then silence is the most incredible thing for you.

5.         Fact vs truth - You are a man/woman is a fact. You are both is a truth.

6.         Greatest secret in the world is silence. Silence means - that which is not. Silence is the basis of sound and sound in turn is the basis of reverberation that we call creation.

7.         When you become silent by your own nature sound AUM will reverberate. AUM heals medically from fear, bad dreams, unstable mind.

8.         Shiva utters AUM 3 times and new universe comes up.

9.         Amen, Ameen, AUM are the same

10.   Utter AUM daily and move your awareness along with the vibrations

·      AAAA - sound of Vishnu i.e. maintenance, money , RICH manipuraka chakra 3/4th inch below naval(72000 channels of prana meet and redistribute )

·      UUUU - sound of Brahma i.e. INTELLIGENCE, knowledge, creativity anahata chakra, just below the rib cage

·      MMMM - sound of Shakti i.e. shiva POWERFUL to destroy you need so much energy, vishuddhi, from pit of throat

 

Chapter 7 - Creating what you want

Keyword - Inclusiveness, involvement, Love, blissfulness

1.         Mind operates from memory not from awareness.

2.         Live in creators creation not in the mess created by your mind.

3.         Love is not about somebody else its about you. 

4.         To be a full time human being your heart should beat for eth. When you close your eyes tears of ecstasy should flow. This is the best fortune for anyone.

5.         If you want to experience life its only by involvement.

6.         Human consciousness and Inclusiveness is missing from our lives.

7.         How to be should be the most important question. If you become blissful within you then whatever you do will work.

8.         When we are meditative you create distance between you and your mind then you see life just the way it is.

9.         Every human being just for a few minutes every day should have elevated view for yourself.

10.   Blissfulness is the background of your life. Its not an achievement. Its nature of who you are. You can consciously experience grief and come back.

11.   Remind yourself everyday

·      My responsibilities are limitless

·      This moment is inevitable 

·      This body and mind is not me.

 

Everyday Practice

1.         Astoma Sadgamaya

2.         Isha Kriya and Upa yoga at least

3.         Yugaratova bhogaratova recite

4.         Practice AUM and do individual sadhana of AAA, UUUU, MMMM while being aware of vibrations moving from naval to tip of nose.

5.         1 day in a week don’t speak from morning 6AM to 12 noon. Be thoughtless.

6.         Don’t speak while eating. Just be aware of your body responding to food.

7.         Be aware of your breathe as often as possible.

8.         See things the way they are. Don’t like or dislike them.

Best Friends Forever

My Special Friend, hope you understand

life is so easy, when you hold my hand

the world is beautiful, when you hug me deep

you fill my dreams, when I go to sleep

I think of our time all night and day

for your happiness, to the god I pray

he gave me YOU, to the god I thank

you are my precious, my luck bank

I still remember the nights we talked

the first day we met, the walks we walked

the coffee, the pizza, the road trip we had

you looked so stunning when you wore that RED

Your chocolate always reminds me of you

I hope my teddy always smiles to you

I see no light, I hear no sound

everything else fades, when you are around

Your charming eyes, your velvet hair,

your gentle touch, your affection and care

they made my moments, they made my year

I wanna be with my angel, always close and near

All I want is my cheerful empty

who gets everything she wants, in plenty

to the world I shout, cut and dry

I will kill anyone, who will make you cry

Dreamzzzz

I always dreamt of someone so sweet,
Such purity a bee's honey cant meet

I dreamt of someone my heart could talk,
My hand could hold, my feet could walk

I dreamt of a shoulder on which I can cry,
I dreamt of a person for whom I can die

I dreamt of a smile, a laugh, a dance,
with whom I can roam spain, miami and france

My dreams were big but my heart was true,
My god blessed me and I found you

You are my world, You are my sight,
You are my love, You are my light

I aint need water, I aint need wine,
To keep myself living, I need your time

Old is Gold

Today when I was returning from college I saw an old man with a big smile on his face driving his red 800 car

Selfish I

There is just very thin line of difference between being selfish and wanting everything. The biggest similarity is the word 'I'.

WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE FIRST???

This is one issue i have been thinking from quite sometime now. We keep talking abt our leaders, govt administrators, ministers and all about how they have been robbing us of what we deserve. About how taxpayers money is so inefficiently utilised. About how corrupt are the people around us. We can always find people discussing such issues at kiosks, hostels, in discussions and debates. Conclusion has always been like change this, amend that, follow this, skip that. When the vote is in our hands what do we do. Favouritism is the virtue we are upto then.
This was just to make you aware of yourself. My issue is not this.
Lets start afresh. We have our set of ministers...so called good for nothing ones...sm even aged 75-80 and shouting for again nothing...perhaps they are making good use of ARYABHATTA's discovery of nothing(0 ..you know). These ministers are running our country from handling its fiscal to agriculture till defence ministry......Leave its progress they have actually put our country on a backtrack and in debt.
So lets revolt with a new idea...Let me tell you that there is no dearth of leaders in India who are above petty issues of caste creed and religion....Take for instance from Aanand Mahindra, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Reliance brothers, Parle Brothers, Vikram Pandit, Vijay Mallya, Ratan Tata to the likes of Abdul Karim Telgi, Harshad Mehta, Ketan Parekh and Haridas Mundra. The former are famous and the latter infamous.The latter people are no less. Presently they are some exceptionally brilliant people behind bars.
These people should be given the task of our CHANGE INDIA and LEAD INDIA movement. They should occupy important ministerial posts and be the heroes of resurgent India. They should be offered high enough packages and big enough powers so that they focus actually on what India wants.

"Mana ki latter ne desh ko dhoka diya hai par 110 karod ki junta ko bevakuf banana halwa nai tha...they had that spark in them"
They are actually some superb brains who got involved in illegal activities.
These minds must be prepared to lead the fight against the enemies of Incredible India...and whats the harm when we know some countries are openly thinking and talking evil against us.. and with so many evil (Pakistan and China) around our great minds need to be quickly brought in the field.Earlier they were doing it for themselves and now they will do it for the country. As only evil can cut evil, they can successfully crack the evil people subverting us . With due respect to Gandhiji lets change the nature of our polite and humble country to aggresive and practical country. Lets adjust to this changing world..Lets take China and Pakistan, this economic recession and every other problem inside and outside head on and get prepared to fight with these minds...When these great minds will be at work there will be nothing to look back.

Now when this all has been implemented all the world will be at our doors begging...SO WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE FIRST?????

I think these days are best till date

I think these days are best till date

I met one guy from whom i earned the motto of learn and fun
the best of friends, a candid one, this gift of gab was a selfless bun
In his pocket things like money cant wait
I think these days are best till date

I met one more I had met before & he taught me what are people's ways
this collosal hunk, his expedient rays was innocent but nodoubt he was gay
He flies his car like his life he hate
I think these days are best till date


I met one next from whom I learned the biggest virtue of silence
A family man, positive prudence & US accent are his potence
But more than us he loves his windows and gate
I think these days are best till date

Love is Love

Love is beauty, love is the beast
Love is enigma for the atheist,

Love is laughter, love is the cry
For you lost after love is the try,

Love is criminal, love is the law
Love is victory, love is the draw,

Love own food , love your life
Dont love your neighbour, love your wife,

Love is divine, love is old wine
For creator of the earth, love is mankind,

Love may be between parrot and dove
But look after all, love is love

Secret of Success

The rulers of the earth
The winners by birth

The powers of the nation
The greatest in the fashion

The ideals on the move
The smartest fully groomed

At times were in less
and had the secret of success

Keep thy river flowing, the speed may vary
Keep thy confidence growing, the strength you'll carry
set thy targets high
keep thy throats dry
analyse thy logic
and then play the music

Know your spirits are high
know your fears will die
know you are the best
know your life's quest
and if the color of people you can access
then you know the secret of success

FLOWER FLOWER FLOWER FLOWER

The beauty of life,
Best gift to wife,

A sacred pray,
Happiness and gay,

On path to God,
A mighty sword,

A freshful sight,
Can win without fight,

Their blossoms and blooms,
Fills fragrance in rooms,

A beauty divine,
Servant of mankind,

Small and beautiful,
Noble and truthful,

A handsome, lovely, cheerful tower,
FLOWER FLOWER FLOWER FLOWER.

WHEN NATURE DELIGHT

When Nature Delight,
No comparable sight,

A sea so quiet,
No high tide low tide,

A tree dark green,
No floods and powerful stream,

A sun too meek,
To play hide and seek,

A wind quite gentle,
Can keep you sound mental,

A river quite lazy,
Can make you go crazy,

An animal quite sensible,
Is easily comprehensible,

And lastly I hope that,
A man, A good chap,
Will when remain calm,
No one will cause harm.

A DIWALI NIGHT

The bursting of crackers,
The festival of light,

Smiles on the face,
The house shining bright,

Diwali the festival is
workshipped at night,

A legend's homecoming is
celebrated with delight,

The occasion teaches us the path of right,
How a devotion to god can bring good heights,
Take care of their sight and ensure a candle to light,
In a house whose stones are not upright,

A smoky night can never be quiet,
A jouful day, another day tight,
Nothing to fear, nothing to fight,
Sweets if they bite, take care of their diet,

Have a beautiful day and wishful night,
And celebrate Diwali with a joyous smile.

CRICKETANA - KUMBLE'S REVOLT

Cricket-Cricket the game of cricket,
Its all about taking opposition's wicket,
Its like a puzzle,
Which is made to hussle,
When bowler pitches in soles,
Batsman gets cough and cold...

When its ANIL who bowls,
Batsman prefer black hole,
He pitches it outside,
Batsman thinks it is wide,
But ball rocks and rowls,
Suddenly middle stump..bowled!!

In comes another one,
He thinks himself big gun,
He had a confident earn,
Of almost 10,000 runs,
But KUMBLE knows no bounds,
He knew the batsman's wounds,
Cricketer tries to sweep,
Only to get caught in deep,

Its now the hat-trick ball,
To enter fame of hall,
ANIL went too swift,
Only to deliver a gift,
Batsman involved the risk,
Will it be caught or six????
My heart jumped too fast,
Thought I was breathing last,
The ball was sizzling in loo,
Yuvraj threw himself through,
Both made contact in air,
And then fell in pair,
It was delight in pain,
Another boggie to train..

Now...No one dare to touch,
The bowl that much,
And every batsman gets hault,
When this KUMBLE REVOLTS.

CRICKETANA - LITTLE MASTER'S STROKE

Cricket-cricket the game of cricket,
Its all about not losing your wicket,
It's like a bird,
You have never heard,
When one flighs too high,
Batsman sighs and sighs,
He involved the risk,
Will it be caught or six????

When its SACHIN who bats,
Umpires cannot rest,
The bowler tries to smile,
Captain close his eyes,
Fielder looks and looks,
Sachin flicks and hooks,
The crowds get the feast,
Don covers and sweeps,

Lo! suddenly they shout,
Sachin knew he was out,
Umpire was in doubt,
My heart was in my mouth,
Judgement was in talk,
Sachin started to walk,
I felt as if dead,
Sachin smiled like mad,
It wasnt the first time,
Part of his old regime,
Rather his spirit of game,
Which no one could attain,

And,
Again he played,
Again he swayed,
And all gets choked
When Little Master stroked.....

BEAUTY AND BEAST

With shiny eyes and pointed feet,
Sharpened nails and bearded feet,
Tiger, the combi of Beauty And Beast,
Is moving in hunt of another feast,

Monkeys are crying,
Scavangers are flying,
Monster is eyeing,
A restless deer lying,

The deer unaware,
Was caught napping there,
The cat through the air,
Did it to its lair,

She had hit a ton,
Her boys are having fun,
And the song she had sung,
Was important for these young,

Such simple are these creatures,
Created by nature,
But man is real traitor,
reckless to their future,

With brains curtailed man is too rude,
And in front of almighty its enough to conclude,
He does everything and thinks the least,
They are the beauty and he is the beast..

YA THAT'S LIFE

For some its hot
For some its cold,
For some its full of gold,

For some reached height,
For some toiled night,
For some got it set right,

But some didn't fought,
Still they got,
With big Bungalow, business and cars
A readymade rich wife,
YA THAT'S LIFE

Political Bandits

Whether the country goes to hell,
You do not mind it,

When Kursi comes between,
You workship if pandits,

When the house is on fire,
You have run away tactics,

Now we common wont resist,
You Political Bandits

Incredible India

The land of paradoxes and turbulent history,
The land of valiance, chivalry and mystery,
The land of forests, forts and dunes,
The land of cuisines and rustic tunes,
The land of temples, glens and lakes,
The land of culture, customs and sanes,
The land of invincible and turreted palaces,
The land of art, monuments and solaces,
The land of bustling cars and buses,
The land of people with exhilerance and fusses,
The bygone place of royal media,
That's my land, INCREDIBLE INDIA.

Soothing Nature, Selfish Man

Given scorching heat the sun was passing by,
The wild blue yonder turned mackeral sky,
Black clouds came to show their might,
Sun was obscure and midday was night,
When thunder storm and joyful din,
Was raining buckets and wetting my skin,
The cats and dogs and aroma of sand,
And bracing winds brought my mind to bend,
Such energising gifts and reviving tricks,
Nature had to soothe our bricks,
But this inclement man has some other plans,
He wants destruction all he can,
Still this nature asks me again and again,
CAN A BRUTAL BECOME AGAIN A MAN??
CAN A BRUTAL BECOME AGAIN A MAN??

Measure Of True Friend

He is an image of God,
Your life's reward,
The joy he doubles,
And half gets troubles,
He is a faithful treasure,
quintessance of leisure,
He knows your faults,
And sugar your salts,
He forbids your wrongs,
Lives with you life long,
He gives receives and always shares,
That's true friend, A refuge in despair.

Today's Fashion

Fashion Fashion Today's Fashion,
Perhaps it's our Jackson and Roshan,
Do you think it has any connection,
But who will fill their head with notion,
Wherever they go they have one tension,
Whether it is reception or the shop of ration,
Almost everyone wears this lotion of Fashion,
Some says action but I have objection,
Who will think of those living section,
Which spend their lives in our satisfaction,
I know they dont need but its urgency to mention,
The flora, The fauna, The cause of our motion,
The maker of the earth, The solution of Pollution,
The giver of fruits, The factory of oxy-generation,
Everybody cares for one's promotion,
But what if they have to undergo demotion,
They cant say but they beg protection,
And what to them is our reaction,
Increasing rate of such commodities consumption,
Which are frequently used in Today's Fashion,
If it continues it's an indication,
That after 50 years only a part of population,
Will be left to feed the Today's Fashion.

My Family

Mother Mother I have 1 mom,
Always she shouts her voice is like a bomb,

Father Father I have 1 dad,
He remains composed even if he's sad,

Grandpa Grandpa I have 1 dada,
Dont take Panga he'll cut you to aadha,

Grandma Grandma I have 1 dadi,
Whatever may be occasion she loves to remain sadi,

Brother Brother I have 2 bro's,
All of them quarrel important for their growth,

Sister Sister I have 2 sis,
Work not related they will assist,

Uncle Uncle I have 1 chacha,
Its his favourite saying "Where is your matha",

Aunty Aunty I have 1 aunt,
She remains evergreen with her taunts,

Lastly and mostly the 1 I forget,
The special ME facing all these threats

My Worthy Friend

I asked my leader to let me go,
My friend in the front had fallen a while ago,
He said the move will be useless,
But I intended to do that mess,
Falling here and there I crossed the border,
The sand was stuff and I searched for Roger,
Darkness grew more and I found his way,
Running to him I saw him say,
I believed the love u had in your heart,
Will not betray our friendship on your part,
I saw him slowly close his eyes,
And took him on my shoulders to go on a rise,
Taking that heavy weight I hurried up to the tent,
My head was slightly tilted and my back was slightly bent,
There sat the busy leader and again he said,
What a worthless move my lad you had!!!!,
I said the move was because our body was different but our souls were one,
And those two lines which he spoke will make me tough enough to withstand the coming suns

God's Shine

A clock with million hour,
A magician full of power,
A first without a second,
A start without an end,
A subject with no predicate,
An immanent which indicates,
A subtle in universal texture,
Director of life's picture,
An unchangeable eternal,
writer of life's journal,
Transcending the dimensions of space and time,
IS unknown ubiquitous God's Shine