[Questioner] If you choose to pursue the path of self-development or to gain your
potential through this path, then that can take a lifetime. I want to find out
what is the balance between trying to pursue my development versus doing
something and and finding that balance. I mean how do I go about figuring that out
for me? Was that clear? [Sadhguru] Yes Yes.
Now, when you talk about self-development, we are not talking about self development here. Self cannot be
developed. What you're referring to as self cannot be developed. It is not
something that you can develop or you can put it down or anything. It's just
that it's been.. it's been lost, you have lost contact with it. So getting
in touch with it, in case it takes a lifetime, in case, not necessarily in case
it takes a lifetime how much time do I give for that? and how much time to do
other things? What are the things you do? Okay. So, the other things that you
do in your life, will I have enough time for it? You shouldn't do any other thing
You understand? Everything, everything that you do should be towards enhancing
your own nature. Now you're doing family, you're doing work, all these things
you're doing, everything can be used as a spiritual process. It is not that in 24
hours time this many hours spirituality, this many hours materialism, this many
hours family, not like that. Every step, every breath, every moment of your
existence can be used for your development of who you are
So this is full-time. And in that what activity you wish to do, you do
whatever you want. What is the problem because what we are talking about is
of inner nature. What the other things you're talking about - external, isn't it?
So whatever you are doing, you are using everything as a process of growth
Everything. So, this does not mean, doing yoga does not mean, morning yoga, evening
yoga, rest of the time you do stupid things
No, it's 24 hours yoga, only yoga, nothing else but yoga. Whatever you do, you make
it into your yoga. Every single act in your life, you make it into your process
of growth. Only then it'll work. Part time spirituality doesn't work. Now will this
take me away from this or that? Not necessarily, not at all because millions
of people who have done the program are all people who are involved in variety of
activity. Just a handful of people are full-time into it because some people
need to do it full-time Yes? Suppose I also pursued some other
profession and you know only in my vacation, I taught Inner Engineering, you
wouldn't be here today isn't it yes so a few people take it up full-time because
they see that's their choice, they want to do that. And when you can go to the
office and do software programming or management or something, why can't you
also go out and teach something? It's not that you have to take it up. I'm saying
for an individual person, what is the problem? Somebody chooses that. So only
thing is, only criteria that may be disturbing people is, they are not making
money. No no I'll come.
So that's not going to disturb you, then no problem. You're doing what you want to
do. You either choose to go to this job or that job or that job, isn't it?
So, with Isha Yoga, if you come instead of working five days a week you'll end up working
seven days a week. That's the great change that you'll have because you experience
your whole life is a vacation. You'll learn to experience your work as
vacation then you're always on vacation
So will this take me away from something? This doesn't take you away from anything
It enhances your life but if you choose to get you.. after some time you will
retire from your job, isn't it? When you retire is a question of your choice
isn't it so? somebody goes out fishing, somebody goes out meditating
somebody goes out dancing, somebody goes out drinking, Its individual choices
they're making, isn't it? Right now, unfortunately, people like you.. yes.. well
see because most of you, am telling You you're only first or second generation of
educated people in your this thing. So you are just thrilled about a few things
that you have access to. If you are tenth fifteenth generation
of educated people in your family, you would have total disdain for education,
doing well and all this nonsense. Yes? Because you're only first, second
generation of having access, you think that's everything. But your children
won't think so, you will see this. Your children won't
think so because right from their childhood they've seen all this nonsense
and it doesn't mean much to them when they grow up. Yes. So what you choose is
just individual choice, isn't it? Does doing this necessarily mean taking you
away? Not at all. People always ask me Sadhguru, what is the mission? So I jokingly
tell them my mission is to plant undercover Yogis
So today I can I can very proudly say I have planted many people who are in peak
of yogic experience but they're managing banks, they're managing
corporations, they're you know .. they're housewives. They're all
undercover Yogis. Understand? they're not dressed like Yogis, they don't look like
Yogi's, but they are all, experientially, they're very much Yogis but under cover
So you want to be undercover yogi or overt? [Participant] Undercover [Sadhguru] Okay, that's fine.
That's my mission too