Sadhguru: There was an old farmer who had an old ass,
a donkey.
[Laughter]
So, one day this donkey
fell into an open well, which was dry.
It went and fell inside, 30 feet down,
and started crying piteously, wanting to come out, and no way to come.
The farmer went and looked down,
this fool of an ass falling into the well,
now pulling him out... so, spending money to get this ass out,
the old fool of an ass out,
which is not of much use anyway,
he thought, what is the point getting this ass out?
Anyway in a year or two it will die, and it's of no use, it's not doing any work.
It's retirement period has come, nobody is interested in a retired ass.
Working ass, all right. [Laughs] Retired ass, nobody is interested.
So, he called his friends, his neighbors, and said,
let's fill up the well, because anyway the well is dry,
the ass is old, let's cover it up.
So, all of them brought their shovels,
and shovel after shovel they started throwing
the earth into the well.
The terrified ass really started crying piteously, wanting to come out,
but they started filling it up.
After some time, suddenly the ass stopped its screaming,
and started doing something very strange and smart.
Every time a shovel full of earth fell on its back,
it shook it off, and took one step up.
So, they saw this is a real smart ass. [Laughter]
Every time a shovel of earth goes in, one step up, one step up, he's coming.
And then he climbed out.
By now, the whole assembly of people were full of admiration, "What a smart ass!
This is a really intelligent ass, he could do many things."
Then the farmer also, the old farmer also thought,
"Wow!" He suddenly felt pride. He said, "See, my donkey, such a smart donkey."
And he tried to go and caress the donkey.
The donkey promptly turned around and kicked him in the face.
[Laughter]
The moral of the story is, never try to cover your ass.
It will kick you in the face, it will come back and kick you in the face one day.
So, those of you busy doing that, covering up all the nonsense that you are,
it will come back and kick you in the face.
Today is the day to get rid of the nonsense, not tomorrow.
Today is the day.
If you make that your way of life, you will see how many layers of nonsense exist.
And if you every day say, today is the day, and one layer goes,
in a very brief time, when I come back after a few months,
I must see shining, beautiful faces, not... [Gestures] [Laughter]
What? Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: Yeah, yeah... Participants: Yes!
Sadhguru: What? Participants: Yes!!
Sadhguru: Better. Participants: Yes!
Sadhguru: You better be, okay?
There are certain things you will know only by plunging in.
If you just breathe this energy, which is all over the place,
even the physical process of life could be reversed in many ways.
We're only talking about moving from the mundane to the mystical,
from the logical to the magical.
And it will hasten once you journey towards consciousness.