Sadhguru Advocates for Embracing Hopelessness for Liberation

Imagine you are always hoping for things to get better.

Sadhguru says this hope can make you want to hold onto things tightly.

But he explains that in yoga, they teach people to feel a sense of hopelessness.

This doesn't mean being sad; it means not expecting things to change in a specific way.

When you stop expecting and hoping for things, you naturally stop clinging to them.

It's like not holding onto a balloon too tightly, so it can float freely.

When you don't cling, nothing else needs to cling to you.

This freedom from clinging is called liberation.

Sadhguru uses the example of the god Shiva, who told his followers he would sleep if they were in trouble.

This was to teach them not to hope for his help, but to learn to let go and become open to other possibilities.