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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Am I the Body? | Neuroscientist David Eagleman’s Debate With Sadhguru

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Sadhguru Official

Religion, Society & Culture, Science, How To, Life Sciences, Hinduism, Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Education

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Considered among India’s 50 most influential people, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, bestselling author, and poet. Absolute clarity of perception places him in a unique space, not only in matters spiritual but in business, environmental and international affairs, and opens a new door on all that he touches. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.orgSadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveYogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you say, my brain, that means it's yours, what is yours come to you, right?

0:05.6

It's a colloquialism that we use because I need to refer to this one and here,

0:09.9

these are impressions that we have taken. I think there's a possibility that it's exactly what

0:16.9

happens. If one does this, then you will see perception will explode in ways that they are not

0:23.8

imagined possible.

0:48.8

What is the you that can be separated from the physical?

0:54.4

Is it the fact that you gathered your body a little bit at a time?

0:59.3

It's the fact that this body gathered together over a period of time and it may be that I emerge

1:05.1

as a consequence of that, this feeling of I, as opposed to me doing the gathering.

1:10.6

Some, you've been having lunch at dinner or have I been having lunch at dinner?

1:18.6

Yeah, this dynamic accumulation has been eating plenty, yeah.

1:25.9

So what you, what you refer to as my body right now is an accumulation of food,

1:31.6

it's a heap of food, not a pleasant way to describe you, but it is.

1:39.1

What you call as my mind, largely in people's experience, is an accumulation of impressions over

1:44.7

a period of time. So if you have to gather this much of impressions and this much of body,

1:51.6

something more fundamental must be there, isn't it?

1:54.4

Houston, Texas is an accumulation of roadways and buildings,

2:02.0

but we wouldn't say that there was, Houston was there and you gather, you are not a piece of geography.

2:10.4

You are not a piece of geography, are you? You know, you know, I may be exactly that,

2:14.8

a physical, a physical being. I'll tell you why from my perspective that seems like a possibility,

2:21.2

because we're across the street from the world's largest medical center and every day,

2:25.3

there are thousands of people there whose geography is changing because of Alzheimer's or stroke,

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