A Biography of Emptiness

“Yoga means 'union.' This means that you cannot separate the one who perceives from that which is perceived.”

—Sadhguru

In the yogic tradition, when we speak of Shiva, we could be alluding to either of two possibilities. We could be invoking Shi-va in the literal sense - as 'that which is not', a primordial emptiness. Or we could be invoking Shiva as Adiyogi, the first-ever yogi, the one who first perceived this emptiness.

This can often seem confusing. How can 'that which is not' and the first yogi be one and the same?

Read the full article on Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga.

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