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Marking the 9th International Day of Yoga, renowned spiritual leader and founder of the Isha Sadhguru Foundation delivered a speech to a packed auditorium at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris on Wednesday on the theme of “Forging a Conscious Planet.”
Affirming that Yoga belongs to mankind, Sadguru He said, “It is a great honor for all of us that yoga originated in India. Yoga originated in the land that used to be referred to as Bharat. But everyone must understand, I know some people will disagree with the very strong patriotic feelings, but yoga belongs to mankind.”
He added, explaining this: “Anything we discover cannot belong to any group of people. What we create can belong to people. What we create can belong to a certain group of people. What we discover as reality cannot belong to me or to you. Who Every human being has the right to find a way to achieve it.”
We’re talking about target=”_blank”rel=”nofollow”>International Yoga DaySadhguru said, “International Yoga Day is not a day to celebrate, it is a day of commitment. Staying physically and mentally in the best possible way is the best contribution you can make to the world.”
Sadhguru’s speech was followed by a conversation with Dr. Guila Clara Kissos, UNESCO Artist for Peace.
To Kessous’s question about the need to pass on Yoga as a living legacy to mankind, Sadhguru spoke of the dire situation in the United States. He said: “Recently, the Surgeon General of the United States said, one in two Americans, one in two feel lonely. So just look at this, one in two feels lonely in the richest countries. When our population explodes at 8.4 billion, We feel lonely. What is this? That is, we build walls of individuality. Walls that you yourself cannot break. You build a wall that you cannot break because these walls are built as self-protection. The self-protective walls you built today, tomorrow will turn into walls of self-imprisonment.”
He added, “Just imagine in a country every second American if they feel lonely, loneliness is the first step towards mental illness. You take one step, and it will come after that. So (union) yoga means that you are no longer lonely because you are alone in the universe.” Everything is you. Wherever you see, it’s only you. So when you see yourself a lot, you’ll close your eyes and sit back.”
direct the audience to take a A simple 15-minute meditation exercise It’s called Isha Kriya, and it’s available for free at Sadhguru appled them into a meditation process.
Responding to a question from the audience about how young people can use technology without entering into the trap of loneliness, Sadhguru said that he will launch a specific aspect of the Conscious Planet Movement in 2024 which will focus on exploring the miracle of the mind through yoga, meditation and art forms such as dance, classical martial arts and music. “If 2 to 3 billion people use this for a long period of time, you will find a much better psychological situation in the world,” he said.
The event also featured speeches by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Vishal V. Sharma, and a cultural performance by the local Isha Foundation troupe. Dinner sounds and a captivating dance performance Samskriti project About yoga.
More than 1,500 people attended the event, including ambassadors from Angola, Albania, Palestine, Peru, Morocco, Costa Rica, Romania, Uzbekistan, Santa Lucia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, dignitaries from the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO, and staff. From UNESCO, global leaders from the worlds of fashion, music, business, and the general public.
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