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Why Did Jesus Say "Love Thy Neighbor"?

by Sadhguru Jaggi

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Sadhguru clears the air about what Jesus really meant when he said, “Love thy neighbor.” #Sadhguru​ Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.

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One who is next to you right now is your neighbor.

Another cosmos.

Oh,

That's really easy.

If you have to just one love,

One being,

It costs life.

Neighbor does not mean somebody who lives next door.

Whoever is… whatever is right next to you right now,

One who is next to you right now is your neighbor.

If Jesus had said,

Love somebody who is in the other side of the planet,

They would have loved them.

Very easy.

Your neighbor,

He is not good.

Is it me?

This moment,

Whoever is next to you,

If you learn to love him,

You will become loving by your own nature,

Isn't it?

Yes?

Because this moment this person is there,

Another moment another person is there,

Next moment an insect is there,

Next moment somebody is there.

If you just learn to love anything that is next to you right now,

Your nature will become loving.

Loving means what?

On the level of the emotion,

A certain level of inclusiveness,

Isn't it?

Love your neighbor is not easy.

It needs transformation,

Isn't it?

Something about you has to change to love your neighbor.

To love God,

You don't have to change anything.

You can bullshit yourself completely.

You can bullshit the whole world and still love God.

This is just like these days,

It's big move and everywhere,

Especially I find the New Age spirituality in the West has taken all this,

Oh I love humanity,

I love the cosmos.

Oh that's very easy.

You don't have to love anybody.

If you have to love one individual,

It costs life.

If you have to just one lump,

One being,

It costs life,

Isn't it?

I love the whole cosmos,

But I can't stand the person who is sitting next to me right now.

That's a different thing.

Now this is just bullshit.

Too much of it.

Yes?

I love the whole humanity.

When did you see the whole damn humanity?

To love them.

No,

Just love.

Yes,

That's very easy.

Just try to love one person and see what it costs.

So much of you,

You have to put it on the ground.

So much of you,

You have to surrender.

If you have to love just one person,

Isn't it?

Yes?

But I love the whole humanity.

This is easy.

Someone said,

Love the enema.

That's very significant,

Very significant.

Oh,

Let me check who is my neighbor.

That's not the point.

Whoever is next to you right now,

Whatever is in touch with you right now,

Just love it indiscriminately.

The very air that you breathe,

Neighbor?

Yes?

Is it your neighbor?

The water that you drink,

Neighbor sitting here,

Right?

Hmm?

Is he your neighbor?

The land that you walk on,

Is he your neighbor?

Just to know that whatever is in touch with you right now,

Now this is something else.

It costs life,

Otherwise it won't happen.

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Sadhguru JaggiMcMinnville, TN, USA

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