One of the best motivational video on the internet – Sadhguru
people are asking what is the God gives
purpose of my life whatever is the
source of creation what makes you think
the source of creation which created
this cosmos for which you do not know
where it begins where it ends even
keeping account of you forget about
giving your specific purpose may be the
source of this creation doesn’t even
know you exist
hello because this very solar system is
a tiny little speck in this cosmic space
isn’t it
tomorrow morning believe me if the
entire solar system evaporates and
nobody will notice it that’s how small
it is in that speck planet Earth is a
micro speck New York City is a super
super micro speck in that you are a big
man this is a serious problem you think
there is a god-given purpose for you
this is the peak of human arrogance
because all this is coming from the
basis that has been spread in the name
of religion and faith and whatever that
the existence is human centric existence
is not human centric we just one more
creature which happened recently
according to the evolutionary sciences
yes as human societies we have issues we
have problems where struggles whatever
you think needs to be sorted out and
whatever you think is your aptitude to
sort out you pick up that damn thing and
sort it out it’s not any god-given
mission you’ve got to do something do
something useful because there is some
joy in solving something is all the
choice we have you can either be a part
of the problem or part of the solution
if you enjoy being part of the problem
do it there will be consequences
yes sometimes it’s fun to create
problems yes it is but it’ll have its
own kinds of consequences the only thing
you have to learn is do whatever the
hell you want just do it well but for
every action you perform there is a
consequence when the consequence comes
your way if you’re able to joyfully go
through the consequence you can do
anything you wish but when the
consequence comes you cry if you’re that
kind then you must control your action
you are creating such a level of
conflict within yourself for every
simple thing that you think you could
always be doing something wrong
something wrong something wrong well
joyfully do something wrong it’s okay
hello
nobody knows really whether they’re
doing the right thing or the wrong thing
do they know 400% no so don’t bother
yourself too much about these this right
is this wrong it is just that when you
do something is this bringing well-being
to me and everybody around me that’s all
your concern is why don’t you awaken the
humanity within you why don’t you become
a living humanity humanity means just
this already we spoke about this animal
nature means fixing boundaries human
nature means expanding or including
everybody into your boundaries because
this is a natural longing wherever you
are you want to be something more
something more what is this this is
because your intelligence has come to a
place where it doesn’t like boundaries
it wants to expand this is human nature
human nature is naturally inclusive
animal nature is exclusive it wants to
fix boundaries so instead of being in
boundaries of right and wrong even if
somebody is wrong let’s include them and
do the best we can so do not waste your
time and right decisions wrong decisions
when you are reasonably balanced and
clear and happy not frustrated about
something make a decision throw your
life into it something wonderful will
happen you may not do the right thing
but you went to a great thing you may do
a wonderful thing that’s good enough
how far will I go what will happen well
that depends on various things your own
intelligence your competence and the
times in which we exist
you should not discount the times in
which we exist at different times in
history different things take off we may
be in sync with it what we are may be
appreciated today or what we are may be
appreciated tomorrow or what we are may
be appreciated after we are gone but
whatever we did in our life we did with
total involvement because life is in its
involvement life is not in its
correctness your involvement must be
unbridled whatever you do see how
everybody’s well-being is included in
this if you are an inclusive
process and you’re involved it is fine
or you right or wrong right or wrong
till the last day of your life you
cannot really decide what is right and
wrong a human being at least on this
planet you’re the peak of evolution
physiologically at least yes if other
behavioral aspects if we may have
questions but physiologically at least
the most evolved creature on the planet
what the most evolved creature on the
planet means is it has the most complex
neurological system and it has the
highest level of cerebral capability
that means you can think you can
remember you have memory you have a very
vivid sense of memory and a fantastic
sense of imagination an ant doesn’t have
such a vivid sense of memory nor does he
have any great imagination here’s some
but he has a presence of mind about the
life that he is living because the
education systems that you’re going
through right from kindergarten level is
such that it is about everything except
you it’s about everything else
somebody’s PhD in tourism somebody’s PhD
in biotechnology somebody’s PhD in
something nothing about this how does
this function there is no attention at
all a human being
functions you know you have a caliber
over tempo here what this means is a
human being exists in three times he
lives because of the richness of his
memory how rich is your memory
determines what you will do and what you
will not do right now isn’t it so so
memory is important the present
experience is important and how withered
is your imagination for tomorrow is very
important
right now the problem is these things
have all gotten mixed up because
discipline of faculty has simply not
come
nothing has been taught to our children
that there needs to be discipline means
people think English kind of discipline
walking like this like idiots discipline
of faculty is not there because of this
your own mind turns against you what
happened ten years ago you still suffer
hello what may happen day after tomorrow
you already suffer because there is no
discipline of faculty you don’t know how
to use your memory you don’t know how to
use your imagination your M memory makes
you suffer your imagine makes
imagination makes you suffer and you
think your suffering your life you are
not suffering your life you are only
suffering the two greatest faculties of
being human vivid sense of memory and a
fantastic sense of him imagination isn’t
it so if you suffer the greatest
faculties that you have what can we do
with you if you suffer a ailment
understandable if you suffer a
disability understandable if you suffer
your ability hopeless case yes or no you
are suffering your capabilities if you
are suffering your disability it’s
alright you are suffering your
capabilities because what life throws at
us
is not our choice always we try to
manage it to some extent but it’s not
entirely our choice life may throw all
kinds of things at us but what we make
out of it is 100% ours if this one
dimension if we take charge of this no
matter what life throws at me I will
make this into a tremendous process for
myself let it throw whatever doesn’t
matter what life throws at you you will
turn it into a possibility you will not
make anything into your problem because
you are not a problem this is a choice
that every human being has
either for every situation when I say
every situation there are only
situations and situations and situations
in our lives when you don’t know how to
handle a particular situation you call
that a problem what is the problem for
you
maybe wonderful possibility for somebody
else usually is isn’t it there are no
problems in life
they’re just situations you can either
make it into your possibility or a
problem you can either you yourself
become a possibility or a problem this
is a choice every human being has but to
exercise this choice you have to be in a
certain way within yourself within
yourself you are in a certain state of
equanimity balance and exuberance that
no matter what life throws at you you
will make it into your wonderful
possibility life can throw all kinds of
horrible things
don’t underestimate life it can do
things to you yes
essentially the important thing is this
is a life for every one of you your life
is precious isn’t it
hello it’s a precious life if something
is precious where do you want to invest
this life into what do you want to
invest this precious life if this is a
worthless life throw it somewhere if
this is a precious life what do you want
to invest this life into if you look at
it this way you will find something
truly worthwhile to do if you think in
terms of how to earn a living how to get
this kind of thing that kind of thing
then you will do something silly that
you will regret for the rest of your
life most people are a regret that’s why
they’re going around joylessly because
they’re not doing what they want to do
they are not creating what really
matters to them they’re doing something
for a living this precious life where
are you going to invest it are you going
to invest it in something that’s truly
worthwhile or are you going to throw it
away as a worthless thing this is the
important thing because what you call as
my life is just a certain amount of time
and energy isn’t it yes as you sit here
your life is ticking away or no you are
young you may not be thinking like this
but actually it’s ticking away
what is ticking away is not time what is
ticking away is your life yes or no so
this energy that you call as my life how
are you going to invest it because it’s
going to get you’re doing something
truly worthwhile it gets over before you
know what happened only if you’re doing
something worthless it feels like a long
life have you noticed this on a
particular day when you’re very happy 24
hours poof it went off like that like a
moment you are miserable 24 hours freeze
it feels like 10 years
have you not noticed this so only
miserable people will have a long life
joyful people life goes away like that
as if it’s a couple of days it passes
away like that if you are creating what
you really care to create see if you
want to get somewhere in your life get
somewhere does not mean be better than
somebody do this and this that no as a
life your experience of life should
become a fantastic experience so right
now all the crazy things that people are
doing in their life why they drink
sexuality temple this meditation
whatever they’re doing why they’re doing
because they want their experience of
life to become Pleasant yes or no
somebody hits the bottle somebody hits
somebody else and somebody does
something else but essentially looking
for pleasantness if your body becomes
Pleasant we call this health I’m talking
yoga now to you officially if your body
becomes Pleasant we call this health if
it becomes very pleasant we call it
pleasure if your mind becomes Pleasant
we call this peace if it becomes very
pleasant we call it joy if your emotions
become Pleasant we call it love if it
becomes very pleasant we call it
compassion if your very life energies
become Pleasant we call this
blissfulness if it becomes very pleasant
we call it ecstasy if
if your if your surroundings become
Pleasant we call this success only for
this last one to make our surroundings
Pleasant we need the cooperation of many
forces around us many things have to
fall into place but to keep your body
pleasant mind pleasant emotion pleasant
your life energy is pleasant it’s 100
percent of your business not good for
the business isn’t it 100 percent your
business to keep this body this mind
this emotion and this energy Pleasant
within yourself I am asking all of you
tell me on a day when you’re very happy
are you willing to do lot of things or a
day when you’re depressed you’re willing
to do lot of things when you’re happy
you’re willing to bend backwards and do
everything possible when you’re little
unhappy how difficult it is to move you
isn’t it so why do you say if you
blissed-out you will do nothing it is
just that you will no more be a vested
interest you are not in pursuit of
happiness your life is an expression of
your place now what will you do you will
do what’s needed every human being
should be doing what is needed isn’t it
right now they are trying to make
happiness from the world destroying the
world in the process completely
destroying the world see today what is
it that these ecological disasters
unfolding what do you think it is in
pursuit of human happiness isn’t it
nothing else in pursuit of human
happiness we have turned this planet
into a bonfire and people are not even
happy forget about being happy most
people are in different state of
struggles so it’s very very important
what is in your hands first of all those
things must be taken change charge off
what do we do in the world let us see to
what extent the world allows us to do it
your body
your mind your emotions and your
energies must take instructions from you
isn’t it so
hello right now it is taking stimuli and
instructions from all sorts of people
so with how the hell do you think you
will go where you want in your life when
somebody else and somebody else can make
this body if this person do whatever
they want at least what happens within
you must be determined by you what
happens around you it’ll never be 100%
determined by you if you work hard a
little more influence otherwise little
less influence but never 100% outside
situations will always be like that and
they should be layer like that because
if the whole world happens the way you
want then where do I go little bit your
way a little bit my way a little bit
somebody else’s way it’s fine but what
happens here must be my way if this one
thing happens your way will you keep
yourself blissful miserable depressed
what so essentially you must understand
you can call it stress anxiety misery
depression whatever you call it
essentially your intelligence has turned
against you that’s all that’s happened
to you because there is no any kind of
knowledge in your education system from
ABC to trill this day how to take charge
of the faculties that you have within
yourself when is fully shattered what
can you do the question is do you want
to allow yourself to be fully shattered
that’s a question and many things that
don’t work out in your early life you
will see later on it is a great blessing
even if you put through the most
horrible situations either you can come
out using that experience is a better
human being or you can use the
experience to become a horrible mess so
whenever something hurts you there are
two options you can either become
wounded or you can become wise this is
the choice the more things hurt you
early on in your life the wiser you
should have become isn’t it but
unfortunately most people become wounded
this is simply because they just need an
excuse to turn their own intelligence
against themselves
that’s all especially if the world
around you turns against you is it not
very very important that your
intelligence tens of we are
misunderstanding consciousness as just
mental alertness mental alertness will
help you to survive better consciousness
is not about that see you know exist you
know that you exist right now only
because you’re conscious isn’t it you’re
conscious right now that’s why you know
that you’re here suppose you fell asleep
you don’t know that you exist isn’t it
you don’t know the world exists nor do
you know that you exist simply because
you’re somewhat unconscious does it mean
to say you’re completely unconscious no
you are still conscious when you’re
sleeping but not conscious enough to
notice the presence of many things so
consciousness is not whether it is
present or absent it is always there the
question is only the intensity and the
volume of it if we have to use an
analogy right now see the lights have
focused on us so both of us are clearly
seen there are people hiding in darkness
suppose you dim the light further all
these people will disappear only two of
us will be there if you increase the
voltage suddenly they will all appear
they were always here they were here all
the time because the lights were dimmed
I could only see you and nobody else
if the lights were
up then you could see this is all
consciousnesses everybody’s conscious
question is how conscious so to increase
or to raise consciousness what have we
done in the societies our entire
educational system is just about
survival one being better than the other
how can you be conscious when you’re
competitive when you’re all you want to
do is be better than somebody your only
joy is other people’s failures how will
you be conscious when you are enjoying
other people’s sufferings other people’s
failures this is what being number one
means and the number one means what
you’re number 10 that’s my joy so I
think this is sickness from kindergarten
you’re spreading the sickness into
children and you expect them to be
fantastic it won’t work like that you’re
paying too much attention to everything
around you not enough attention to this
farm but the quality of your life is
essentially determined by how you carry
this one yes or no this moment what kind
of clothes you’re wearing what kind of
car do parked outside what kind of home
you live in does not determine the
quality of your life this moment how
joyful are you feeling within yourself
determines the quality of your life
isn’t it so nothing has been done about
it
you think it’ll happen in consequence
and you’re setting impossible goals for
your happiness
if I have to be happy my wife should be
like this my husband should be like that
my children should be like this the
world should become some other way well
these are impossible conditions you’re
setting for your happiness and
peacefulness now that you have
compromised yourself to peace why I’m
saying compromise yourself to pc’s
because a lot of people have given up
aspirations for being ecstatic or
blissful if I’m just peaceful it’s
enough even the so-called spiritual
leaders are going about and saying peace
is the highest goal in your life
peace is not the highest goal in your
life if you want to enjoy your lunch
today
you must be peaceful yes or no if you’re
not even peaceful there is nothing in
your life that you can do in a
worthwhile way to be peaceful
essentially means this that you’re not
messing your mind to be peaceful means
that your system is at ease you know how
to conduct your mind you know how to
conduct your emotions your body and your
energies you are peaceful it is not a
rocket technology it is the most basic
thing you have a dog at home you give
him his food he sits peacefully maybe
not ecstatic but please Fellini times
they’re ecstatic also yes if your dog is
able to sit p200 he doesn’t have to run
my industry that’s not the point he’s
got his own stuff going
see it has nothing to do with the
external activity that you’re doing it’s
got something to do with the internal
systems as to how they’re functioning
essentially it means either neither your
body now your mind or your chemistry nor
emotions nor energy or taking
instructions from you they’re doing
their own thing once your machine is not
in your control being to peaceful is
impossible I’ll tell you you get into
your car and now you go there and you
want to turn this way you do this to the
steering it goes this way
can you peacefully drive this car can
you no anxiety is natural isn’t it this
is what has happened to your vehicle
it’s out of control
you never done anything to find out
where the steering wheel is first of all
this is not that simple as a car this is
a super super computer now the problem
is most people have not even bothered to
find the keyboard they think if they do
this somehow it will work if you make
when you are given such a highly
sophisticated machine if you do not
conduct it properly it will cause many
problems to you if you come to the idea
of mortality once in a way it’ll make
you depressed it will make you fearful
if you live with it every moment it will
make you absolutely exuberant in a life
because it is just this one thing that
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this is not forever this is just for a
brief period of time and the more joyful
you are briefer it becomes if you’re
ecstatic it will just vanish in no time
yes so if you want to stretch it you
need to make yourself truly miserable
otherwise it’ll be just gone in no time
if you come to terms with this if you
live this way that every moment you
appreciate one thing and only one thing
because the most important thing in your
life is you’re alive right now to be
alive fully alive
100% alive is the most important thing
because only if something is hundred
percent alive
can you make it eat something beautiful
see you have a little plant in your
house or let’s say a mango tree in your
house it is like this which is just
imitating you can you make it come out
with lot of sweetness now it’s alive in
a big way now you can expect sweetness
from that nobody has to teach the mango
tree which is alive please give
sweetness anyway it will pour out isn’t
it miserable people have B to be thought
please be loving please be nice to
people
gentle to people do this do that
all these things necessary because in
some way you become half a life if you
are exuberant li alive it is natural for
human consciousness to bleed sweetness
every moment of your life we don’t know
what great things you will do or not we
don’t know whether you will climb Mount
Everest or not we don’t know whether you
will run faster than mr. bolt or not we
don’t know whether you will become the
richest man or woman in this world or
not but this one thing you must do to
yourself this one thing you deserve this
one thing is 100% in your hands that you
can live here as a joyful human being
this much is possible for every one of
us
our ability to fix the world around us
subject to various realities some things
work some things don’t work because this
involves too many forces sometimes it
falls into place sometimes it doesn’t
but in our lives will we do everything
that we can do or not it’s determined by
this that only if you’re joyful by your
own nature that is you have no fear of
suffering only when you have no fear of
suffering will you dare to walk your
life full stride everything that you can
do you will do in our lives if we do not
do what we cannot do this is not an
issue but if we do not do what we can do
we are a disastrous life I know money is
important but money doesn’t come because
you desire money it comes because you do
something wrong
instead of going on thinking about how
much money you want to earn if you look
at what you want to create and if what
you create is truly worthwhile money
will happen this idea see for example
right now the modern examples well there
are not an northey’s there azekah
burgers there are all these people these
people didn’t bother about money these
people bothered about creating something
because what they created was valuable
to everybody money naturally comes in
and above all if you are creating what
you value if you are creating what you
see as an immense value to everybody’s
life you have the joy of creating it how
much money depends upon times it doesn’t
matter what is your level of
intelligence what is your level of
capability introvert extrovert this that
doesn’t matter do you have the courage
and commitment to make the possibility
into your reality that’s all the
question is so if you focus
whatever you’re doing right now it
doesn’t matter what it is how simple an
act you’re doing right now it doesn’t
matter if you’re absolutely devoted to
that that you’re doing right now
depending upon various aspects things
will unfold but because of Western
influences we become too goal-oriented
goal-oriented means we are interested in
the consequence but we are not
interested in the process if you are not
interested in the process you should not
be an artist yes process is an end in
itself if you are absolutely devoted to
the process depending upon various
aspects something will come out but now
we are interested in the consequence not
in the process this goal-oriented nasai
want to get there I want to get there
where the hell do you want to get no I
want to win the race
see if you treat life as a race if you
have to win it you have to get to the
finish line soon isn’t it you want to
hello if you get to the finish line
ahead of all these people you won the
race
you know what the finish line is we’ll
be negotiating where to bury you so
particularly being in creative arts
don’t ever think of a goal what should i
become how should I be
what should I create don’t worry about
these things if you are devoted to the
process something will come up something
more beautiful than you imagined will
happen because you’re devoted to the
process with our devotion I am
specifically using the word devotion
because people think devotion means
going to the temple church or mosque
know without devotion either in sport
art music spirituality politics business
anything in
had enough life has anybody done
anything truly significant without being
absolutely devoted to what they’re doing
have they know many of the things you
can do so do not think of art and
aesthetics as a way to earn a living
living will happen because if a human
being stays focused on something
inevitability how can it not even the
universe will yield to you if you are
focused all I’m telling all of you young
people do whatever the hell you want in
your life but you must be intensely
focused on something if you are not
investing in anything your life it will
just go waste because as I told you in
the very beginning one basic ingredient
of your life is time and this is just
going away if this one thing is done
within the human being then every
situation is a possibility once every
situation becomes a possibility this
human being will blossom to a full
fledge life and this is the aspiration
of every life to somehow become a
full-fledged life
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