Can we learn from Gurus?

[Bobby]

This was over an hour long but I learnt quite a lot from this real live Indian Guru.


Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Full Talk at Oxford Union






Following a spiritual experience at the age of 25, Sadhguru Vasudev became a mystic; he started conducting yoga classes to share his inner experience with the aim of making ancient yogic sciences relevant to contemporary minds. The Sadhguru founded the Isha Foundation which now has more than two million volunteers, and over 150 city-based centres world- wide. In 2012 he was voted among the hundred most powerful Indians. ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY: The Oxford Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. Since 1823, the Union has been promoting debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.

[Black Orchid]

Give us a breakdown Bobby. An hour is too long for me.

Basic spiritual awareness/enlightenment?

[Bobby]

Give us a breakdown Bobby. An hour is too long for me.

Basic spiritual awareness/enlightenment?

It covers a lot of ground.
Basically our human brains are too powerful.
It causes us to be anxious and angry which serves no useful purpose.
We would be happier if half of our brain was missing.

[Black Orchid]

Give us a breakdown Bobby. An hour is too long for me.

Basic spiritual awareness/enlightenment?

It covers a lot of ground.
Basically our human brains are too powerful.
It causes us to be anxious and angry which serves no useful purpose.
We would be happier if half of our brain was missing.

Gawd.

[Bobby]

Give us a breakdown Bobby. An hour is too long for me.

Basic spiritual awareness/enlightenment?

It covers a lot of ground.
Basically our human brains are too powerful.
It causes us to be anxious and angry which serves no useful purpose.
We would be happier if half of our brain was missing.

Gawd.

Hi Orchid,
Yes - and I know someone when I was at first year Uni -
they got 99% in both organic and inorganic chemistry whereas
I only just passed the same exams.
I was so jealous at the time.
He later went on to get a PhD.
When I met that person at 50 years of age he was like a vegetable.
He couldn't hold a conversation -
he was drugged up on pills from the doctor -
totally dysfunctional and obviously couldn't even work.
His brain was so powerful that it drove him crazy in the end.

[Black Orchid]

Having known quite a few people with a PhD over the years I have to say a couple were just plain whacko but not because they overused their brains lol.

Many have spent so many years in school and academia that they are totally socially challenged and sure it's a huge workload but people in the working world also share huge workloads without going off the rails. Many aren't even employable after so many years sheltered in schools.

Thankfully many are quite normal though and it's not all about brains!

[Bobby]

Having known quite a few people with a PhD over the years I have to say a couple were just plain whacko but not because they overused their brains lol.

Many have spent so many years in school and academia that they are totally socially challenged and sure it's a huge workload but people in the working world also share huge workloads without going off the rails. Many aren't even employable after so many years sheltered in schools.

Thankfully many are quite normal though and it's not all about brains!

True - but look at Bobby Fischer -
he was the best chess player in human history but
he went quite mad in older age.

Anyway - the Guru explains it all and he has solutions.


Look at how clever Fischer was here.
He smashed a grand master in very few moves.
It's just not normal to be able to see such brilliant moves.