Sumithra Vasudev Quotes

Incredible things can be done simply because we are committed that we want it to happen, that's all. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

If you see there is no meaning to anything that you are doing, your ego collapses; so you are trying to find all kinds of fake meanings. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

If your body, if your mind, if your emotions, if your energies are not functioning the way you want them to, then this is the worst kind of slavery, because somebody else decides what should happen within you. If somebody else decides what should happen around you, that itself you call as slavery. But if someone decides what should happen within you, is it not a more horrible way of being a slave? But please see, the whole world is in this slavery. The only consolation is everybody is like this. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post, only for support, not for illumination. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

What we refer to as yoga is just a technology to make your energies function by choice, not by compulsion. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

What does it mean to become a Buddha? "Bu" means "Buddhi," the intellect. One who is above his intellect is a Buddha. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Devotion is a tool to dissolve yourself into nothingness and become the very hand of the Divine. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

The very way you breathe, sit, stand, eat, walk, work - everything can become yoga. You can use any process of life to transcend your limitations. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

What you call intelligence and what you refer to as the Creator are not different. The Creator is pure intelligence, intelligence beyond logic. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

The purpose of existence is to exist. It is too fantastic to have a meaning. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Karma is your survival and your bondage. And if you handle it right, it can also be your liberation. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

The biggest problem is the moment you say "spirituality," somebody starts talking about God, someone else about mukti, someone else about nirvana and someone else about the Ultimate. They are all already up there. You cannot do anything with people who are already up there. If somebody is down here, you can do something with them. You can only take a step if your feet are on the ground, isn't it? The moment you talk about God, you are not here anymore; you know it all. You can only start a journey from where you are. You cannot start a journey from where you are not. If you are willing to come down to where you are, then we can see what the next step is. If you are already on the third step to heaven, what can I do with you? ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Yoga essentially means finding the keys to the nature of the existence. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Meditation means ultimate freedom within you. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

If you manage a situation, not just things happening there, people should feel elevated just being in that space. Above all, you must feel wonderful being there. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Very hesitantly, the pheasant started pecking at the dung, and lo on the very first day it reached the first branch of the tree. In a fortnight's time, it reached the topmost branch of the tree. It just went and sat on the topmost branch and just enjoyed the scenery. The old farmer saw a fat old pheasant on the top of the tree. He took out his shotgun and shot him off the tree. So the moral of the story is: even bullshit can get you to the top, but never lets you stay there. [Everybody laughs] So ~ Jaggi Vasudev

We think there is an ecological problem, but the real problem is irresponsible growth of human population. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

There is a Force within That gives you life Seek that. - Rumi ~ Jaggi Vasudev

I am not here to speak the Truth. I am here just to give you a method to perceive it. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

If we are not sensible about this, in our ideas of wealth creation we may completely destroy the planet - which we are already doing in many ways. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Sex in the body is fine. Money in the wallet is fine. It is only a problem when they enter your mind. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Consciousness is not a bunch of thoughts or a certain level of understanding. Consciousness is a dimension that is beyond our physicality. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

It is not your qualifications but your exposure in life that makes you who you are. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Sadhana is towards creating a sense of inner fulfillment, where there is no need to lean on anyone anymore. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

If you ask a tree how he feels to know that he's spreading his fragrance and making people happy, I don't think a tree looks at it that way. I am just like that, and it is just my nature to be like this. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Devotion is the spark that can fire up your chemistry and energy to such a level that it creates an explosion of ecstasy within you. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Making conclusions about life is a sure way to deny yourself the possibility of a human being transforming himself into the Divine. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

For the Divine to function through you, it is important to make every breath, every pulsation in the body, and your very existence an offering. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Your life is just about craving, and making something else tremendously more important than you. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Do not try to be special. If you are simply ordinary, more ordinary than others, you will become extraordinary. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Without being in constant exchange with the rest of the cosmos, you cannot exist. The idea of individuality is an illusion. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

The moment it is in touch with the earth, the body recognizes it. That is why spiritual people in India walked barefoot and always sat upon the ground in a posture that allows for maximum area of contact. In this way, the body is experientially reminded that it is just a part of this earth. Never should the body forget what it is. If it forgets, it will start making fanciful demands; if you constantly remind it, then it knows its place. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

On one level, life is effervescent and active. On another level, it is absolutely still. The inner stillness nourishes the outer activity. ~ Jaggi Vasudev

Detachment does not mean non-involvement. You can be deeply involved but not entangled. ~ Jaggi Vasudev