Sadhguru: Hello, hello. Here (Laughs) all alone in the desert.
For the very first time I'm trying to self-shoot myself.
Because I'm all alone here, I thought, let me try to record this.
I hope, I'm at least in the camera’s view (Laughs). I think I am.
So, here I am in the southern Utah, in the desert.
You see all this… There is a way to… technologically
better way to turn the camera around. But you know, I am a (Laughs) a
a beginner, to say the least. Well,
last few days have been some hard driving and some spectacular views,
driving through Grand Canyon region and many other interesting places out there,
plus, going through Zion National Park,
trying to touch certain places of energetic significance in this region.
Truck has been holding up pretty good. Small troubles.
Today I have some electric problems. That small fridge – which was keeping me fed somehow
has failed today. Hope to fix it in the next town where I go. Hopefully
somebody will help me out because looks like the electrical power
is not really coming to the refrigerator.
Well, this journey of driving through this very arid
and desert conditions – largely by myself – has been (Laughs)
an eye-opener in many ways. Well, when I was young, I've been an extremely
outdoor kind of person. But on the last thirty, thirty-five years (Laughs), largely
life has been from one program to another program, one event to another event,
one conference to another conference – non-stop, seven days of the week,
365 days. We've been like this. I've lived this way.
But this has given me a little bit of opportunity
to be outdoors all by myself, surviving by myself. Now, the fridge is out,
so, I have to survive by myself (Laughs). It’s a… Well, in United States,
it's not such a big challenge. But yes, it's great to be here that
I can show you the scenery a bit. It is very harsh kind of scenery but
beautiful in its own way. Desert has a beauty of its own.
Looks like somebody’s car has broken down (Laughs). For me, it’s just a fridge. Far away,
there’s a car broken down on a mud track. So, let me see if
I can do something for them to pull them out of that place.
Back here as an outdoors man (Laughs). Not as young as I was
to withstand the rigors of outdoor living. Traveling,
I would say, for a on-road travel without
checking into any hotels, without going to any restaurants. Well,
not totally uncomfortable, there is a certain degree of challenge. But,
it's wonderful to be outdoors and out again, all by myself.
I hope I am at least in the video (Laughs), because
it's so bright and sunny, I can't even see the image on the screen.
I hope I'm shooting myself, not something else (Laughs).
This is the first time I'm self-shooting. Wonderful!
Everybody should explore a certain amount of outdoor life. Especially if you have children,
going out and camping outside or just sleeping under a tree in tropical climates,
would do a lot in terms of your closeness to life, in terms of how the world is
not always living between the four walls and comfort of homes.
It's very good to expose yourself to nature, to the elements of nature.
Particularly if you have children, it is something that you must do
that they must have a feel of life. Life is not just us.
There are millions of lives out here. They have been here before us.
Probably, they will be here well after us. So, very important
to have a more holistic approach to life. It's very important
that young people should get exposed to outdoor life, to live outdoors
with minimum amount of support. Do it before you're too old and no good for anything
(Laughs) – when you’re still capable of withstanding the rigors of outdoor life.
My best to you. Namaskaram.