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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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I Want to Take Your Head, I Will Not Get Anything From You

Alexander the Great wanted to become immortal. He sent out a advance party of one eight soldiers to find an Indian yogi who would teach him about immortality. They came and they found a yogi sitting under a tree, just one loin cloth simply sitting there on a tree, blissed out. When asked if he could take off his head for nothing, Yogi laughed and said: "I've finished everything that I need to do with myself" The next day Alexander himself was killed by sword-wielding men after refusing their orders.

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