Of Mark Twain, Ecstasy & Enlightenment – Author George Hammond with Sadhguru

Watch George Hammond, Chairman of the Humanities Forum, Commonwealth Club of California, in a profound discussion with Sadhguru on enlightenment, death, spirituality and Mark Twain, plus much more.

The Commonwealth Club of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California. Founded in 1903, it is the oldest and largest public affairs forum in the United States. The Commonwealth Club has over 20,000 members and organizes nearly 500 programs each year on topics ranging across politics, culture, society, and the economy. Around 100,000 people attend these events in person annually.

0:00​ - Intro
1:21​ - Sadhguru's motorcycle experiences
4:21​ - Sadhguru's childhood and experience of Mark Twain
7:42​ - Sadhguru on the Western and Indian way of looking at things
15:20​ - India is a land of seeking
16:16​ - How does Sadhguru handle the "pressure" of everybody asking him questions?
18:50​ - Growth means dissolution
19:56​ - Story about Socrates being the wisest man
20:45​ - Pythagoras influenced by Indian way of life
24:21​ - Does light body have a different structure that is not biological?
29:32​ - What is the common ground for individuals to have common experiences?
35:48​ - Will science be able to explain the "experience of bliss" that is mentioned in Yoga?
45:33​ - How similar is sleep to death?
51:43​ - Both pain and pleasure happens within you. Seat of your experience is within
57:12​ - Try sleeping with a smile on
1:00:07​ - What idea from India would contribute to world civilization in the future?
1:03:10​ - You must be able to sit without memory or imagination intruding in your life
1:06:09​ - Future of Isha foundation in the next 10-15 years

#Sadhguru​
Yogi, 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.