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Mental alertness is not awareness. Mental alertness only enhances your survival instincts. It does not take you towards liberation.

Jaggi Vasudev

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Jaggi Vasudev
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 3
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Environmentalist
Philanthropist
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Yogi
Mysuru
Sadhguru
Jagadish Vasudev
Perception
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Liberation
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