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The Five-Cornered Game:Physicality and the PanchaBhutas

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Sadhguru looks at how important it is

to have some mastery over the five

elements, and explains the two ways to

access the source of creation.

Sadhguru: Over 15,000 years ago, Adiyogi spoke

about the five elements or the pancha bhutas. He

pointed out for his first seven disciples that the whole

universe is just a play of five elements, and in what

proportion it plays within our body and how, if one

can gain mastery over these, in a way you have

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Adiyogi wentabout

describingthe

intelligencebehind it:

with just fouringredients,

you can cook

mastery over the creation. By having even an element

of mastery over the creation, you have a very direct

access to that which is the source of creation. When

this science was expounded in great detail and in all its

manifestations, the Saptarishis who were sitting there

as disciples, and Parvati, his wife, who was also

witness to this, were amazed. They were incredulous.

They couldnt believe that the whole existence is just

five things and one is nothing, so only four things.

Adiyogi went about

describing the

intelligence behind it:

with just four

ingredients, you can

cook up such a soup

that we call the

cosmos today.

Everything that is

physical is largely four

elements. You do not

experience the fifth one

most of the time. If I

just give you four


you can cookup such a

soup that wecall thecosmostoday.

just give you four

things, can you even

make sambar out of it?

Even to make sambar

you need twenty-five

ingredients! If someone

can cook up a whole

cosmos with four

things, that is

astounding brilliance.

Adiyogi went about describing the science and

technology of gaining mastery over these elements.

These seven plus one who were listening to this and

were watching the little demonstrations that he setup

were absolutely taken by this. Then he said, Either

you can master all these things or you can just

surrender to this intelligence and it will be yours. The

seven men were excited about mastering it. Parvati,

the woman, decided to surrender to it and make it a

part of herself.

So the seven were sent away to do work. Parvati was

kept there because she gave in to the intelligence and it


kept there because she gave in to the intelligence and it

became a part of her. These seven were labeled as

sages. She became a Goddess. I am talking about how

to promote yourself! If you get into the intricacy of

how everything has manifested, even if you live here

for a million years and study, study, study, it will be an

endless process. It is exciting but it is an endless

process. Or, you simply put this endless process aside

and touch the dimension that is the source of all these.

If you want to play the game, you involve yourself

with the elements of creation. If you dont want to

play the game, if you are a match-fixer and just want

to win you are not interested in the game, you just

want to pass and go on then you touch only that

which is the source of Creation. You dont have to get

lost in the elements.

You play the game or the gameplays youBut if you do not play the game, the game may play

you. Keeping the whole game of life aside and just

being focused on being one with the source of Creation

seems to be the simplest thing. If you have no sense of

you, if you have that level of dispassion about your


Bhutashuddhi orgaining acertain

mastery overthe elements

is a way ofconsciously

winning

own body, mind, thoughts, emotions and everything,

it comes naturally. Otherwise, this is the most difficult

thing. Is it possible to keep you aside when you are

the hero of your life? When you are the main role,

keeping you aside doesnt happen so easily. But that

is the simplest and greatest way. Otherwise there is a

big game to play quite an endless game. But if you

want to play the game, you better play it skillfully. A

lousy player is hated by everyone.

Once you choose to

play the game, having

some mastery over the

elements is important.

Otherwise you will be a

lousy player with life. If

people have succeeded,

that means knowingly

or unknowingly, in

some way there is some

mastery. Otherwise

there is no success in

anything. Maybe they

worked for it elsewhere


winningbecausewithout

mastery overwhat you aredoing, victory

will beaccidental.

worked for it elsewhere

or they are working for

it here, but without a

certain element of

mastery over

something, there is not

going to be any success

in life.

If we have chosen to do

activity, success is the

sweetest thing in

human life. There are some people going about

spreading this kind of rubbish they are referred to as

philosophies It doesnt matter if you win or lose, its

all right. There is no such rubbish in life. When you

play a game you want to win. After the game is over,

in case you lost, yes its all right that you lost but

before you play if you think its all right to lose, you

dont know what a game is. Once you have chosen to

play the game whether the market place, marriage,

life or spiritual process you must win. Many times it

may be a team sport. You may forget that you

winning means people with you also need to win. If


you are married and you think only you should win,

he or she will make it miserable for you!

Bhuta shuddhi or gaining a certain mastery over the

elements is a way of consciously winning because

without mastery over what you are doing, victory will

be accidental. Your opponents may be lousy, so you

may win. That is of no consequence. Whichever way,

you play to the best of your capabilities and beyond.

Whenever we give instructions for Hatha Yoga, we

say, Stretch yourself as much as you can and little

more. It is that little more which is the most

important aspect. Thats where life is. That is the

difference between victory and failure someone is

doing that little more and another is not.

Out of control, with controlIn the 1970s, Kenny Roberts won the world

motorcycle championship three times in a row. Thats

not easy because these are the best machines on the

track and the riders are of the highest order on the

planet, so you win by hundredths of a second. If you

have to win a championship, you have to win some


For thosepeople who

are notwilling to doany sadhanatowards this,we organizethe Pancha

BhutaAradhana sothat at leastyou benefit

twelve, fifteen races in a season and three times in a

row is almost impossible. So people asked him, How

do you do this? He said, I go out of control with

control. Having the courage to cross that line of

control and having the wisdom not to go too far.

If you have to have the

courage to do

something, you have to

have some capability.

Otherwise courage will

turn into disaster. If

you do it successfully,

people will say you are

courageous. If you

crash, people will say

you are stupid. That

line is very thin and

your ability to traverse

that line, your ability to

walk that line becomes

better and better if you

have more mastery


you benefitby being

there.

over the fundamentals

of your existence.

For those people who

are not willing to do

any sadhana towards this, we organize the Pancha

Bhuta Aradhana so that at least you benefit by being

there. This is the significance of a ritual. A ritual is

essentially for those who cannot do it by themselves

public sadhana. A thousand people can sit and benefit

from it. But if you do sadhana, its just you. Sadhana is

definitely of a higher nature but ritual is of a larger

benefit.

Editors Note: Every month, during the Pancha

Bhuta Aradhana, Sadhguru opens up a unique

opportunity for devotees to benefit from this deep

yogic science which would otherwise require intense

sadhana.

On the 14th day of every lunar month, known as

Shivaratri, and especially on Mahashivarathri , there


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will be an opportunity to experience the Pancha

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pm and 6:10 pm.

For more information, check the schedule of

upcoming events or contact: Tel: 0422-2515345,

Email: [email protected]


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Saibanna Biradar 3 minutes ago

thank you Sadhguru!

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