The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

How Life Works On Earth #DailyWisdom

Feb 12, 2026
A short, uplifting message to set a joyful, exuberant day. A humorous story about anger that highlights its self-destructive nature. A discussion of poisonous emotions like resentment and fear as forces that consume the inner life. A concise closing that leaves space for reflection.
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ANECDOTE

Poisonous Expectations Shown In A Story

  • A woman found her husband with another woman and threatened to shoot herself while he begged her not to.
  • Sadhguru uses this story to illustrate the absurdity of expecting your poison to kill someone else.
ADVICE

Reject Poisonous Emotions

  • Avoid drinking the poisons of anger, resentment, and fear because they destroy you.
  • Let go of expectations that someone else's suffering will result from your pain.
INSIGHT

Emotions Are Self-Inflicted Poisons

  • Anger, resentment, and fear are poisons you swallow hoping someone else will perish.
  • Sadhguru explains that these emotions only harm the person who holds them, not the target.
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