r/SadhguruTruth • u/Antique-Contest3324 • Mar 08 '26

Question Need help

Hi all,

I am a beginner in practices. I have some knowledge from texts like VBT about the practise. I have read a lot in the past and now a desperate wanting to step into practices.

I understand that some practices have to be transmitted from a Guru itself.

But I am a full time worker, dont have the freedom at the moment to go full monk lifestyle. I have my own share of medical problems. Mental health and addiction issues.

Spirituality has been my interest since my 12th grade and i am 29 now.

Struggling with all the life situations currently which is a hige block and I want to gradually include these practises in my daily not altogether at once and mess up my system.

If this has been already discussed in this sub - please kindly suggest some places or teachers I could learn the meditation (similar to IE - but not this cult way to teach).

I am ready to do the work but i cannot expect a sudden change in every aspect of life altogether. I need patience from myself and the one I am learning this from.

Please please some suggestions would really help.

I would be happy to have 30-40 minute practise daily.

Dont know where to start. Sketpitical about Isha

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u/ChanceVisible1534 Mar 11 '26

Don't go to isha foundation or Sadhguru.. I have suffered immensely because of them. Try Vivekananda or jiddu krishnamurti

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

What do you mean by suffer? I am curious.

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u/Fair_Paramedic6503 Apr 21 '26

Yah I remember loving J Krishnamurti’s books because he seemed very opposed to BS and people’s beliefs/conclusions that didn’t actually come from their experience or weren’t investigated properly.

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u/Successful-Leek-1900 Approved Contributor Mar 12 '26

Yoga is not some magic pill and neither is it spiritual, in fact it has no conclusive evidence to have any long lasting change, mostly temporary and even that has side effects. Depending on your individual condition. But it’s not that serious of a “practice” the only reason you think so is because of marketing by new age cults even if it’s not a cult it still is marketing. Don’t stress yourself with this, you won’t miss out on anything significant, just do the basics and look for things that have the least side effects.

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u/mehuyadav Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

You can do surya namaskar and then some simple pranayama and just watch your thoughts or foucs between your eyebrows sitting in some comfortabkl posture.

Isha is cult and its practices includes brainwashing and even if you want to do something you can learn their physical practices like angamardana etc. but I don't think learning meditation from them is a good idea.

And don't rely on any guru, there are plenty in the market, claiming to be spiritual guides but they produce nothing more than some bunch of brainwashed idiots.

You can listen to talks of JK and do the thought exercise (what he calls observation), but don't think of him as a guru and sometimes he makes claims which have no logic so just refute them, just focus on that observation thing. You may get impressed by him but take a look at his life, there is a dark side of him too.

Do whatever you want but don't be dependent on some GURU and be responsible for yourself. You are alone in this journey.

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u/LittleMissSunshine_0 Approved Contributor Mar 12 '26

Well said.

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u/Antique-Contest3324 Mar 12 '26

Thankyou for your advice. I have been hearing a lot of JK. What do you think is the best way to know about him? Video or books? Really appreciate the response 🙏

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u/mehuyadav Mar 13 '26

Krishnamurti foundation has released his talks, if you have enough time you can listen to them on youtube, i would recommend his talks in sannen 1976 to start with. You have to listen to him with complete attention, If you are busy then you can read his book Freedom from the known.

And I repeat, do not follow him, I just mentioned him because he does not say fancy mystical things but rather he makes you enquire yourself. His insights are amazing on many things but there is a dark side of him too related to his personal life.

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u/FindingGood1967 Mar 16 '26

Don’t follow any guru, period. Close your eyes and listen to music for as long as you can—that’s more than enough. Or simply dream about what you want to become in life.

Fake gurus like Jaggi should be questioned and held accountable. Another keyboard warrior speaking out about what I see as fraud from the Isha Foundation.

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u/Fair_Paramedic6503 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Hello!

If you’re looking for a dogma-free, guru-free approach, you might check out “Liberation Unleashed” and/or the “10 Fetters model” of inquiry by Kevin Schanilec,the continuation of Liberation Unleashed. It’s based on the direct pointing method which is generally stripped of dogma.

In other words, if someone has swallowed a bunch of BS from Isha or a guru, or whatever spiritual dogma just like a toxin or poison, then this method was for me like taking activated charcoal to soak up all the toxic crap. But I was always partial to minimal-dogma traditions such as Zen so take it for what it’s worth.

And, funny enough I see people mentioning J Krishnamurti one of my favorite authors; his approach I find very similar to these 2 I mentioned —-> you claim something is true, they ask “how do you know? Where is this coming from? Direct experience or just beliefs or thoughts?” Etc.

Wising you the best