Sadhguru: The Temu of Spirituality
The Temu of Spirituality
With all due respect, Sadhguru has become the Temu of spirituality. His programs of "self-engineering" are just gymnastics with the veneer of spirituality translated as "I'm not the body, I'm not the mind," which function as mind brutization, repeated ad-nauseam and finishing off with some blabbing which gives the whole exercise a flavor of trying to make a 3-star Michelin restaurant plate with the McCheese and fries bought from McDonald's.
He may think that the human brain and soul are like a car engine and you just have to wipe the carburetor to make it work.
After I heard Krishnamurti and his critique of so-called "yoga" exercises as pure madness while only silent contemplation can free you from the mind, I understood how stupid and harmful the Sadhguru approach is. While a smart guy, I don't think he is enlightened for 2 cents. He has a good stand as a spiritual vulgarizer for TikTok-level divas and bros, but I never heard anything original from him; his charisma and wisdom feel artificial and fake.
He's right about "your thoughts are just recycled," but he does not make a distinction with real thoughts that are received from beyond the self without forcing—these thoughts are always a new creation. Then one cannot tell the difference, but can feel the difference between re-heated soup and just-made one.
His observation about "your thoughts being just recycled" is rich coming from the number one world spiritual capitalist: Sadhguru...
As I said elsewhere, I agree with your assesment. Especially knowing firsthand and through study about trauma and related topics.
But I would like to ask you… do you think it would be possible to reach wide audience with at least mild directional pointer without adopting a “dressed-up McDonald’s” posture? Especially in US?
Or do you consider this kind of effort inherently wrong, because the understanding of oneself and spiritual evolution must only come from within, otherwise it is just another manipulation?
I am asking, because I am not in US and he has much much less attention where I live, possibly exactly because the posture. US general public seems to trust businesses more than… just teaching…
I apologise if I am seeing it wrong, but it does seem that “buying wisdom” gets far more traction there than “finding and learning it”.