Welcome to the Ask Sadhviji podcast! This special episode was recorded live on Day 1 of The Freedom Within Retreat at De Vere Horsley in the UK, where Sadhviji invites us to explore what it really means to be free.
What is keeping us stuck? Our roles, responsibilities, relationships, fears, regrets, habits and emotions can all become places of identification. But what might it feel like to move through life without being bound by them?
Drawing on the wisdom of Vedanta, Sadhviji introduces the retreat’s central teaching of “yes, and”—yes, we are the Divine, and yes, we are here to fully live our human lives. Through the metaphor of the ocean and the wave, she explores how we can remember our deepest nature while still embracing our individual lives, responsibilities and dharma.
Sadhviji also explores the nature of awareness and the witness, inviting us to notice the difference between our thoughts, emotions and experiences and the deeper awareness that witnesses them. She introduces the ancient practice of Neti Neti—“not this, not this”—as a pathway to discovering what lies beyond our identification with the body and mind.
Tune in to hear Sadhviji explore:
- What it means to experience the freedom of who we are
- The central teaching of “yes, and”
- Why freedom does not mean rejecting our human lives
- The ocean and wave metaphor for understanding our Divine nature
- How our roles, thoughts, emotions and attachments can become forms of bondage
- Why we are not our thoughts, emotions, memories or personality
- The difference between being the seer and the seen
- The power of cultivating the awareness of the witness
- The ancient practice of Neti Neti—“not this, not this”
- What the Bhagavad Gita teaches about remembering the Divine while fulfilling our dharma
- How remembering our deeper nature can transform the way we live our human lives
A beautiful beginning to a weekend of going deeper into the question at the heart of the retreat: What does it mean to be truly free?
If you would like to ask a question, please get in touch via social media (links below).
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sadhviji
https://www.instagram.com/sadhviji.hindi
https://www.instagram.com/sadhviji_en_espanol
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sadhviji
IG Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sadhviji
X: https://x.com/SadhviBhagawati
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati/
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sadhvi-bhagawati-saraswati-75822283
Bio:
Sadhviji has devoted her life to guiding individuals in liberating themselves from self-limiting beliefs and...
