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Why do you wear an anklet? Sadhguru

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    [Sadhguru] When people come to the ashram, when they come full time or they come to do certain sadhanas,
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    we dont tell them why - only now in the last few years, we have started talking about it.
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    Otherwise, all these years, we never spoke about it. Somebody comes,
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    I always give them a copper ring to wear. They cannot remove it.
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    It must always be there on their finger - on their left hand ring finger.
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    Why this is, is when they do very intense sadhanas you know whats a Samadhi?
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    Samadhi means sama and dhi.
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    Sama means equanimous, dhi means buddhi - equanimous state of intellect.
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    When intellect becomes equanimous, there is no duality.
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    When there is no duality - when you dont know which is me and which is you,
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    now your life energies do not know where to be. So, they may go anywhere.
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    So, the point of contact with the body becomes less and less.
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    It can be brought down to a point where your point of contact with the body is just one pointed.
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    When somebody becomes one-pointed contact, we say Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
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    If somebody, if a person is in this state, if I just do this, he will leave the body for good
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    even a pinprick is enough. Just prick him with a pin, he will leave the body.
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    He will be in such a fragile state. His contact with the body is so minimal.
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    He is elsewhere already, but just one point contact with the body.
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    This is known as Samadhi.
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    When people are in such states, we keep them in protected atmospheres
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    very, very tightly protected atmospheres.
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    Nobody is allowed to go there except a few people who are prepared for such situations.
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    But, when we do certain work, one of the thing was the consecration of Dhyanalinga.
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    We were required to be People who are involved were required to be in such states of samadhi,
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    but at the same time they were required to be intensely active, which is very risky.
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    People can very easily leave the body. One moment of unawareness,
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    they can leave the body and they may not be sometimes able to regain the body.
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    So, certain precautions were taken, everything was done,
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    but when it was coming to a close, certain situations happened which we had to face in so many ways
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    and I had always set my life in such a way once the lingam consecration is over, I will leave.
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    I had planned my life that way. Everything was settled that way.
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    You know, all preparations were made for me to leave.
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    But, because of certain situations, certain changes that happened in the situation,
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    we made efforts to recover the body.
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    In the process of consecrating the lingam, I used my body and my energies so blatantly.
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    Those who have seen me before or if you see my pictures,
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    you will see in just about eight to nine months, I aged almost twenty five to thirty years.
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    You will see my pictures. You know, in eight months time, I have aged almost twenty five - thirty years,
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    because we used the system so blatantly because I never planned to live beyond that.
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    I had my body completely ruined by the time I finished the consecration.
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    You should see my medical reports - my blood work and other CAT scans and other things
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    every day doctors were, you know, diagnosing me with some bizarre disease
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    which is no way to recover or something like that. I have not been through any treatment.
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    In the last four years, we have been working on the system.
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    Today its much better.
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    Accordingly, my activity is increasing. I have not been inactive.
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    I have been constantly active these four years,
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    but it was quite something to keep the body going, but now its so much better.
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    Its not hundred percent yet - still on some kind of support system, but it is so much better, its recovered.
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    So, metal - if you have a metal on your body, you will not leave the body accidentally.
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    So, thats why the ring is always put on people who are doing intense sadhanas.
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    Unknowingly, they may leave the body.
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    So, people were afraid that I will leave and they put a shackle on me.
Title:
Why do you wear an anklet? Sadhguru
Description:

http://www.ishafoundation.org/ Sadhguru explains the state of samadhi, the precautions taken and the affects the consecration process can have on ones body especially pertaining to the consecration of the Dhyanalinga Yogic Temple. (AO41)

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
05:20

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