How do you get enlightened sadhguru?

“What should I do to get enlightened?” a seeker asks Sadhguru. Enlightenment, he explains, is not an achievement, but a homecoming. If you stop your distortions and come back to your original nature, he says, that is enlightenment.

How does an enlightened person live?

The enlightened person is happy and joyful. He has a cheerful disposition most of the time, and is willing to share that joy with others. He is always optimistic that all challenges have a resolution. Even though the resolution may not be the most desirable, he is confident that he is capable of being at peace with it.

Is anyone too big or too small for enlightenment?

No one is ever too big or too small for enlightenment. It could happen to anybody, anytime and anywhere. As Sadhguru has said, enlightenment is the annihilation of what we take our selves to be. Only when absent of a self, we can realise the bliss of the Self.

Can Enlightenment be taken away?

Now, this blissfulness cannot be taken away by anybody. So, what you call “enlightenment” means a conscious self-annihilation. Right now, most people are not thinking of enlightenment. They are just trying to live a little better. They want to live a little more peacefully, joyfully, more efficiently, more effectively.

Is it possible to reach enlightenment through yoga?

Right now, most people are not thinking of enlightenment. They are just trying to live a little better. They want to live a little more peacefully, joyfully, more efficiently, more effectively. We can use yoga for that also. It is a poor way of making use of yoga because yoga is capable of delivering you to another dimension of life; but it’s okay.

What does Enlightenment mean to you?

Enlightenment means a conscious annihilation of yourself. For most people, it will take a certain amount of time and maturing to understand that whatever you make yourself to be, in the end, it is frustrating and not enough. However wonderful you make yourself, still it is not enough. Only when you disappear, everything becomes wonderful.