Sadhguru: A man from Canada got a bit drunk in winter months.
He thought God is speaking.
Then he went down on his knees, and he said, “Where are you speaking from?”
If you do certain things, you will be ridiculed.
Not of your judgement – somebody else's judgement.
And you don't know what is their judgement.
First of all, do they have the time to make judgements on you?
Are they that interested in you to waste time making judgements on you?
But somebody made something, may say something,
if you're completely in the wrong direction.
A man from Canada got a bit drunk in winter months.
Then he thought he will go ice fishing.
So, he went and started cutting the ice,
and a booming voice said,
“There is no fish beneath this ice!”
He just startled, he thought God is speaking.
Then he thought, because he couldn't see nothing,
he thought maybe it was just the drink.
And again he started hacking at the ice.
Once again, a booming voice said, “There is no fish beneath the ice!”
Then he went down on his knees, and he said, “God? Are you God?
Where are you speaking from?”
The voice said, “I am the manager of the ice rink.”
[Laughter/Applause]
If you do certain things, you will be ridiculed,
but most of the time,
nobody has any time to think about you, to make judgments about you,
to ridicule you – they don't have time, they're busy with their own stuff, you know?
If they get a minute, they're [Gestures] [Laughter]
Where are they looking at you? They're not even looking at you anymore.
[Chuckles] So...
you don't bother.
If you look little ridiculous and people laugh,
– if they do –
isn't it nice that you're a source of joy for somebody at least?
[Laughter]
I'm not saying you must make a fool of yourself all the time, but it's all right.
Once in a way to make a fool of yourself is very human. Yes?
You're always super correct; this is a little bit of a problem.
This doesn't mean that you're right, this means you're a little screwed up.
Yes! [Chuckles]
“I'm always right” doesn't mean you've gotten it.
It means you're just little screwed up, that's all – you're not able to see.
That is when you become ridiculous.
If you're willing to be ridiculous, you will become very lovable.
A lot of people will fall in love with you, because you're stupid. [Laughter]
Really. They think you're cute.
[Laughter]
So, don't bother about what somebody is thinking.
What somebody is thinking is their problem, isn't it?
What is happening in their mind is their problem. Yes, or no?
Are they coming and telling you you're ridiculous?
That means they are very helpful. [Laughter]
Suppose you're digging in the ice rink to catch fish;
somebody told you, is a very helpful suggestion, isn't it?
They didn't tell you, you don't know what's happening in their mind.
Why are you trying to read everybody's mind?
You must be concerned what is the quality of your mind,
don't worry about the quality and content of other people's minds.
It's not worth it, I'm telling you. [Chuckles]
Exploring other people's mind – it's not worth it, there's nothing really worthwhile.
If you concern yourself of what should happen in your mind, your life will improve.
If you are concerned about what he may be thinking, what she may be thinking,
you'll go crazy because you don't know what's happening, it's all guesswork.
Guesswork will drive you crazy on a daily basis if you do it, isn't it?
So, from now on, you just look at this:
if you think something is ridiculous, don't do it!
If you think it's worth doing it, just do it, it doesn't matter.
Somebody may think it's ridiculous.
I can make fun of anything in the universe – this doesn't mean I am against it.
Instead of crying about it, at least let's laugh about all the idiotic things,
what to do? Yes? Participant: Yes.
Sadhguru: It's a choice. You can see many stupid things in the world and cry about it,
or you can laugh about it.
Your ability to fix it is better – not that we can fix everything,
but our ability to fix something is better when we're in a laughing mode,
not in a crying mode, isn't it so?
So, you don't bother – if somebody laughs, you can join and laugh.
You'll make friends.
If you react, you will become more ridiculous.
Already you've done one stupid thing – if you react to that,
you will become a permanent ridicule.
If you join with them and laugh,
they will help you out of something that you may be doing wrong – possible.
But anyway, most people are not thinking about you,
sorry to disappoint you. [Laughs]