{"id":121025,"date":"2024-01-13T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=121025"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:23:58","slug":"sadhguru-reincarnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sadhguru-reincarnation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadhguru: Reincarnation Is a Cycle You Should Aim to Break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How does reincarnation work? How&#8217;s it related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/karmic-law\/\">karma<\/a>? How can the cycle of reincarnation be broken?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Sadhguru, reincarnation happens when karma pushes a certain life energy that had inhabited one body into a new body. He argues that your goal should be to break out of the cycle of reincarnation and become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-become-one-with-the-universe\/\">one with the universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn about Sadhguru&#8217;s concept of reincarnation and how to free yourself from the cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-reincarnation-works\">How Reincarnation Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadhguru states that, unlike Western views of heaven and hell, karmic afterlife experiences don\u2019t last forever. Eventually, the dead person finds and inhabits a body that\u2019s about to be born. They sense what various lives have to offer, then choose\u2014on instincts established by karma\u2014the one they think will give them what they desire most. According to Sadhguru, reincarnation works like this: Enduring karmic patterns push a \u201cself&#8221; of conscious life energy from body to body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Sadhguru is less specific in his description of karmic afterlife experiences than other Eastern experts. Many branches of Hinduism and Buddhism teach about a plurality of \u201cheaven realms\u201d and \u201chell realms.\u201d Hindus believe in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antaryami.com\/hinduism\/mysterious-14-lokas-hindu-mythology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seven heavens and seven hells<\/a>, each characterized by its inhabitants\u2019 level of ignorance or enlightenment. Buddhists believe in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/ptf\/dhamma\/sagga\/loka.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">31 realms of existence<\/a>\u201425 heavens and six hells. Some of these six hells, or the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnreligions.com\/the-realms-of-desire-449740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">realms of desire<\/a>,\u201d are extremely different from the Western idea of hell. For instance, the world we\u2019re living in now is one of the six hell realms of desire, as is the \u201cDeva realm,\u201d where godlike beings live in luxury but must eventually suffer the pain of death.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>A Deeper Look Into the Bardo<\/strong><br><br>When recounting what happens to people after they die, Sadhguru is describing what Buddhists call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embodiedphilosophy.com\/the-bardo-death-as-an-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>the bardo<\/em><\/a>\u2014the intermediate stage between death and rebirth. This vision of the bardo was originally recorded in the <em>Bardo Thodol<\/em>, also known as <em>The<\/em> <em>Tibetan Book of the Dead<\/em>. People <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/guide-to-the-classics-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-172962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discovered and spread this book<\/a> in 14th-century Tibet, but it\u2019s said to have been written by a Buddhist mystic about 600 years earlier.<br><br><em>The Tibetan Book of the Dead<\/em> describes the bardo as a slightly more complex process than what Sadhguru describes here. It states that the bardo proceeds in three stages: First, dead people encounter the \u201cclear light.\u201d This is a bright, uniform force that dissolves all attachments. In this stage, dead people have the chance to identify with the clear light and recognize that they\u2019re encountering their true nature. However, most people fail to do this, instead <a href=\"https:\/\/awaken.com\/2015\/10\/the-3-stages-of-the-afterlife-and-how-to-navigate-them-according-to-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responding with fear and confusion<\/a>.<br><br>People who fail to unite with the clear light then enter the second stage of the bardo, where they encounter strange beings. These entities appear to be angel- or demon-like creatures, but the <em>Bardo Thodol<\/em> asserts that they\u2019re just projections of the dead individual\u2019s mind. This is one way that the karma from your life shapes your afterlife experience, as Sadhguru claims\u2014your karmic tendencies determine how these deities look and behave.<br><br>Because these deities are just aspects of the self, there\u2019s no reason to be afraid of them. However, most people are still fearful and confused, prompting the third stage of the bardo. The dead person seeks refuge in what appear to be soft lights but turn out to be bodies about to be born.<br><br>Sadhguru asserts that your karma will push you toward the life you desire most. The <em>Bardo Thodol<\/em> colorfully illustrates this process: The dead person <a href=\"https:\/\/awaken.com\/2015\/10\/the-3-stages-of-the-afterlife-and-how-to-navigate-them-according-to-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">witnesses a multitude of different couples having sex<\/a> and chooses which couple they want to have as parents (or, if they lack awareness, they try to join in on the sexual act and accidentally get reincarnated instead). In the end, the dead person enters a new body and continues the cycle of death and rebirth.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breaking the Cycle of Reincarnation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadhguru contends that your ultimate goal should be to<strong> die without any attachment or desire for anything another physical life could give you. If you do this successfully, you won\u2019t be reincarnated at all. <\/strong>The karmic influences pushing you around will have vanished, leaving you as a body of pure consciousness energy. There will be no more \u201cyou\u201d left to identify with a separate self\u2014instead, you\u2019ll be at one with the universe, a seamless whole. This is a divinely euphoric experience. According to Sadhguru, every being craves the end of their individual self even if they don\u2019t consciously realize it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadhguru explains that, when you\u2019re mindful of the nature of life and your immediate experience, you\u2019ll realize that there\u2019s nothing more you need. Once you make this state of mind a habit, you\u2019ll have no trouble maintaining it through death, no matter how and when you die. Thus, you\u2019ll break the cycle of reincarnation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In your attempt to break the cycle of reincarnation, Sadhguru recommends surrendering as much of your individuality as you can at the time of your death. Specifically, make sure that there are no photographs or other items that remind you of your worldly life in the place you\u2019ve chosen to die. Likewise, Sadhguru recommends dying alone, rather than being surrounded by loved ones. If you focus on the faces of your closest friends and family while you\u2019re dying, it\u2019ll strengthen the attachments to your illusory self that you\u2019re trying to break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does reincarnation work? How&#8217;s it related to karma? How can the cycle of reincarnation be broken? According to Sadhguru, reincarnation happens when karma pushes a certain life energy that had inhabited one body into a new body. He argues that your goal should be to break out of the cycle of reincarnation and become one with the universe. 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