Yoga As Non-sectarian Technology

“We think fixing outer conditions will fix our lives. This is a myth we have perpetuated for too long. Fixing the outside might bring convenience into our lives, but definitely not well-being.”

—Sadhguru

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower.’ These celebrated lines by Blake seem archaic today. All poets across the world who have eulogised childhood as a time of joy and wonder seem to be grossly deluded.

For how do we reconcile the panegyrics on youth with the fact that India apparently has one of the world’s highest suicide rates among people aged between 15 and 29? How do we account for the shocking statistic that there have been over 1,700 suicides among the nation's children below age 14 in a single year? Why is a generation that should be full of joy and confidence being driven to hopelessness and despair?

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