As a seeker grapples with unforeseen physical and emotional turbulences on her spiritual journey, she turns to Sadhguru for customized guidance and practices. Engage with a response steeped in wit and deep wisdom, where growth transcends prescriptive solutions, beckoning the individual to dismantle inner blockages and experience freedom.
Question: After spending time at Dhyanalinga and Linga Bhairavi, and since we brought Devi home, I've noticed my experiences intensify and physical symptoms arise. I'm a doctor by profession, but I've become more of a patient. Could I receive one-on-one guidance from you and special practices to support my growth and prevent these potentially negative effects?
Sadhguru: Do patients ask you to prescribe a particular medicine? I am not the kind of “doctor” who will listen to the “patient.”
Dhyanalinga and Linga Bhairavi are created in different ways. Bhairavi is one kind – you need not go there if you do not want to. Dhyanalinga is completely different; it is a very homogeneous space. Dhyanalinga is for everyone. Bhairavi is for “crazy” people.
So, about your “symptoms”… Since you are a medical person, let me put it this way: When people’s arteries get clogged and their heart has to pump harder, it can lead to issues. The heart is meant to pump harder when the body needs more oxygen. But if the “pipes” have narrowed and the heart pumps more forcefully, it can cause problems. This narrowing and clogging of pipes does not only concern blood vessels – it can happen on various levels within the body. Energetically, this is the reality for many people. Why do individuals sitting in the same hall, going through the same practice, have such different levels of experience? Some are in pain, some are in ecstasy, and some are rolling all over the place. In a way, these are symptoms of your individual condition.
So, do not jump to conclusions about whether these are negative or positive symptoms. They are just symptoms. And the notion that a private audience and an exclusive practice would be more beneficial is wrong. These symptoms occur because the fundamentals have not been settled yet. Devote some more time – join Sadhanapada. Many people’s symptoms have resolved slowly during these six months of grinding.
For now, consider adopting two resolutions: First, avoid eating your favorite food. Second, work joyfully with the person you dislike most. By doing these two things, many of your symptoms will disappear. The symptoms often spring from the likes and dislikes you have developed over time. It is not for you to judge which parts of creation are okay and which are not; they are just different. When you make such judgments, you develop all kinds of blockages. The extent of your suffering is proportional to the blockages you create.
You may think of pain as suffering, but the greatest suffering is when life does not happen. At least with pain, something is still happening; the worst is when nothing happens at all.
So, these symptoms are good. They indicate that you need some grinding. If you are not able to be at the Isha Yoga Center, at least make these two resolutions at home, and practice them intensely. Maybe after six months, you could come for the next Sadhanapada.
Since you were asking for specific practices… Thousands of participants are going through the same Shambhavi initiation, but if you ask them afterward, each one will describe a different experience because the process is always specific, even when the initiation is online. It takes a lot of energy to do it that way.
You have no idea how much life it costs to make the initiation specific for each individual with thousands going through it every week. It costs a lot of life, but the fact that it is specific makes it significant. It being specific does not mean you sit with me individually; if you do that, you might miss everything. It is better you sit in a crowd.
