Poonam Lalwani Jhangiani #SaveSoil

Grace & Gratitude

[Conscious Planet #SaveSoil @cpsavesoil]

We loved spending the weekend at @ShimplingPark in Suffolk, UK. With @sixinchessoil, they hosted their first "Soil to Feast" event to showcase regenerative agriculture 🧑‍🌾 👩‍🌾

🌳The farm employs agroforestry, and organic, natural farming methods to build rich fertile soil.🥬🫛

🦠🧘‍♂️Across three stations, SOIL - FARMING - FOOD, we engaged in hands-on activities led by experts, including a soil microbiology demonstration, a crop tour and a sourdough baking workshop.

It culminated with a DELICIOUS feast of farm-grown food, cooked by the participants. 🥗🍛🍞

It was incredible to witness a group of people become informed and connected with soil and land, in a single afternoon. All facilitated by a group of volunteers.

#SaveSoil

[Sadhguru @SadhguruJV]

You can use Yoga to get rid of your backache or find peace of mind – or you can use it as a ladder to the Divine.
#SadhguruQuotes #InternationalDayofYoga

[Isha Foundation @ishafoundation]

Participants share how the Anubhava program was completely different from what they had imagined. Going through the intensity of Kalaripayattu, music, and Bharatanatyam provided a true "Anubhava" of these profound arts.

[Maa Sutara #SaveSoil @MaaSutara]

What critics of Mahashivaratri often miss - Vikram Sampath 🙏
@vikramsampath Thank you for this Anna 🙏🙏🙏

[Tech Demystified ♨ ✍ @bigfundu]

5. “Visibility becomes value - social media replaces sincerity”

Article’s point: Success is measured in followers, not realization.

This is a logically inconsistent point. Visibility on social media is not self-chosen - it’s audience-driven. If it were self-chosen, everyone would be viral on social media all the time!

People share Sadhguru's messages on social media because they find value. He didn’t invent the algorithms; Silicon Valley did.

Also, public reach doesn’t negate private depth. The Dalai Lama also has millions of followers. So did Gautama Buddha or Lord Krishna in their times (minus today's social media).

A Guru being widely heard doesn’t automatically make them hollow. This is nothing but a bias against someone and a very shallow understanding of Bharat's spiritual legacy.

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[Tech Demystified ♨ ✍ @bigfundu]

4. “The sacred becomes sensation; depth is replaced by stimulation”

Article’s point: Heavy bass, flashing lights, mass chanting - spiritual culture is sliding toward dopamine.

My counter to this point: Shiva, the Adi Yogi, himself is known for both his tandava and his stillness. So, obviously, Silence and Celebration are both legitimate spiritual technologies.

Actually, the core of Isha's Mahashivratri celebrations is not in the music and festivities, but in the meditations Sadhguru initiates lakhs of people into on that night.

It was very evident when the sound system failed in this Mahashivratri 2026 celebration, and Sadhguru simply came on to the ramp, encouraging the crowd to chant 'Shiva Shiva Shivaya' for almost 30 minutes non-stop.

Why mass chanting on that night? A chant, as proved by modern science, is a mechanism to bring focus back into life rhythms. This is our ancient tech that most youngsters have just lost touch with.

Large group chanting simply amplifies what solo practice does more quietly. Have you seen the recent Gen-Z bhajan clubbing trends? It is just a variant of this tech.

By the way, nobody is coerced into chanting, attending, or following. Participation in the events and in chanting is voluntary - unlike historical state religions.

As I said earlier, the celebrations are an entry point for someone to get attracted to the path. But the highest spiritual program offered by Isha is called 'Silence' for a reason.

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[Tech Demystified ♨ ✍ @bigfundu]

3. “Devotion becomes commodity; the devotee becomes consumer”

Article’s point: Albums, merch, livestream tickets, branded visuals - spirituality is being packaged like a product.

What many people who are not on any spiritual path, not just this article's author, miss is that running a global spiritual infrastructure costs real money.

Ashrams, free meditations, ecological projects, rural education, massive volunteer operations - none of this runs on incense fumes.

In the era of the Emperors and Kings, the state used to sponsor such ashrams so that a few from the society could focus on spiritual aspects. But today, no government is owning that social responsibility which was so vital to keep up our spiritual processes.

Isha Foundation (Sadhguru’s organization) operates:
•Large-scale free meditation initiatives
•Government-supported environmental campaigns (like Cauvery Calling)
•Volunteer-driven outreach in prisons and schools

The so-called merchandise funds the basic mission of reaching a drop of spirituality to the world. That’s logistics, not corruption.

If one cannot understand this fundamental social shift in the spiritual world, then one has simply overlooked basic realities.

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[Tech Demystified ♨ ✍ @bigfundu]

2. “Charismatic gurus replace theology with emotion”

Article’s point: The guru becomes the emotional axis. People chase intensity, mood, and collective high instead of inner transformation.

The fundamental flaw in this assumption is that emotion and inner work are mutually exclusive - they’re not.

In yogic systems, experience comes first, philosophy later. Direct perception is always valued over belief.

Sadhguru’s programs (Inner Engineering, Shoonya, etc.) are structured practices, not rallies.

It is unfortunate, but reality is that most people think spirituality is for the old and the weak. Events like Mahashivratri show that it is very much for the youth.

Public events like that are entry points for novices to get introduced to spirituality.

Think of it like this:

A festivity -> inspiration
Daily practice -> transformation

It is just like getting to read a book and getting inspired. But what leads to real transformation in one's life is practical application.

Sza did not come for a concert. She came for Isha's Mahashivratri celebrations because she had been following and had been moved deeply by Sadhguru's yogic practices for a while. A glimpse at her Instagram profile will reveal this.

She has publicly expressed appreciation for Sadhguru’s work, and her presence suggests genuine personal interest beyond entertainment.

Many of Sadhguru's meditations and simple yogic practices are available for free on his mobile app platform itself for anyone in the world to consume and use.

There are many more advanced programs being offered by Sadhguru for serious seekers.

Critics like this article's author tend to focus on the celebrations and ignore the practices offered for daily transformation.

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[Tech Demystified ♨ ✍ @bigfundu]

1. “Devotion has turned into spectacle and performance”

Article’s point: Bhajans and chanting have moved from intimate circles into stadiums with LED walls, DJs, lasers, and choreographed crowds. Spirituality is framed as entertainment.

What the author has missed is scale ≠ superficiality.

This is very important to understand. Historically, spiritual movements always adapt to available technology:

•Buddha used public gatherings
•Bhakti saints used folk music for their reach
•Churches adopted organs and megaphones
•Today’s Gurus use livestreams and stadiums

If millions can access a meditation or a mantra because of microphones and YouTube, that’s not dilution - that is actually democratization.

Sadhguru often emphasizes that tools are neutral; it’s how you use them that matters.

A microphone doesn’t cancel transcendence any more than printing presses cancel books.

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[Isha Foundation @ishafoundation]

Journey behind the scenes and discover the incredible effort and ingenuity that brought Adiyogi Divya Darshanam to life. From the initial concept to the final projection, we uncover the challenges and creativity that made this awe-inspiring spectacle a reality.

Conceptualized by Sadhguru, Adiyogi Divya Darshanam is a profound depiction of Adiyogi's unparalleled contribution to humanity – the science of Yoga, presented in a powerful video imaging show. This 14-minute visual treat is projected upon Adiyogi every day at 7 PM at Isha Yoga Center Coimbatore and Sadhguru Sannidhi Bengaluru, drawing hundreds of thousands of devotees.

Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/GNxRgZwIt1

[Swami Ekapada @SEkapada]

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[Sadhguru @SadhguruJV]

If your Intelligence was working for you, you would not make yourself miserable. Within yourself, you would create the Best – outside, you would do your Best. #SadhguruQuotes

[Isha Foundation @ishafoundation]

Tuning into the Pulse of Mahashivratri Music

Before the night comes alive, here’s a glimpse into the rhythm, tune, and devotion behind the powerful sounds that will carry Mahashivratri 2026.

#IshaMahashivratri2026

[Isha Sacred Walks @IshaSacredWalks]

Have you ever tasted the Teertham (holy water) from Mount Kailash?

#ishasacredwalks #kailashmanasarovarsojourn

[Isha Foundation @ishafoundation]

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[Isha Foundation @ishafoundation]

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Designed by @SadhguruJV, Inner Engineering is a life-transforming program that empowers you to take charge of your life by aligning your body, mind, and energies, so no matter what life brings, you can create a pleasant atmosphere within.

The Additional 25% New Year's Offer on Inner Engineering ends on 10 January.

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[Conscious Planet #SaveSoil @cpsavesoil]

Some things need more than quiet intent.

#SaveSoil

[Sadhguru @SadhguruJV]

Believing means assuming something you do not truly know. Seeking means recognizing that you do not know. #SadhguruQuotes

[Conscious Planet #SaveSoil @cpsavesoil]

Learn about the transformative impact of Save Soil's on-ground efforts – Cauvery Calling and Save Soil Regenerative Revolution – in the quarter of October - December 2025.

[Kush Sareen #SaveSoil @Ksareen30]

"Mind is not interested in taking note of the flowers, it is interested in taking note of the thorns. Anything that hurts, it immediately takes note of. Who cares about a flower?. You remember your enemies better than your friends. Just watch your mind and you will be surprised that you remember your enemy more than you remember your friends. You can forget your friends, but you cannot forget your enemies. This is your insane mind. A saner mind will look at things from just the opposite direction: it will count the blessings, it will count all that is beautiful, it will keep note of all it has to be grateful for. And then, naturally the life of such a person will become a life of blessings, surrounded by all beautiful experiences. It is only a question of changing a small structure in your mind. Just a slight change, but it makes lot of difference. Start collecting all that is happening to you that is beautiful. And it is happening to everybody. And anything that is not beautiful is not worth remembering, not worth collecting. Why make yourself burdened with rubbish when you can be full of flowers and fragrance?. You have to make a little change in your natural biological mind. Meditation can do it very easily. One of the essential parts of meditation is to look at the good side of things, to look at the good side of people, to look at the good side of incidents, so that you are surrounded with everything good. Surrounded with all beautiful things, your growth is easier. But people are strange....You may do one thousand favors for a person and just do one unfavorable thing -- he will forget one thousand favors and he will remember that one unfavorable thing that you did. That he will carry for his whole life. This is how people are living: in revenge, in anger, in despair, feeling rejected by life, feeling like outcasts of existence. But the whole thing is that you are collecting the wrong things. Life is full of both. You can see that one day is sandwiched between two nights, and you can also see two beautiful days sandwiching one small night. Choose how you want to feel -- to be in heaven or hell. It is your choice"
- OSHO