Questioner: A very good afternoon, sir.
My name is Sushath Kumar Bishwa, I am a research scholar from BHU
and very much fortunate to clear… have a time to clear my doubt from you, sir.
My question is I have lost my spark, okay?
And I am not very much like you know continuous… consistently motivated person.
I have lost my motivation.
How to regain that
to live my life and lead in a... like a joyful way,
to regain your inner peace? Thank you, sir.
Sadhguru: See,
the nature of life
is such…
Please sit down, it's okay.
If you…
If you go outside in the garden
and try to catch an ant,
the BHU ant ( Laughter),
who is born here, who’s grown up here and probably he’ll die here, that BHU ant,
if you try to catch him, he'll say, “Okay, to hell with my life, okay crush me if you want.”
Is it so?
He’ll do everything to protect himself.
He values his life, isn't it?
Very much or no?
Tiny little creature
that we may not even notice,
we may step on him without even seeing him unfortunately
but he values his life immensely.
Does he or no?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: He's got spark.
But you,
a human being,
at least on this planet you are the peak of evolution,
physiologically at least, yes?
If other behavioral aspects, we may have questions (Laughs)
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.
He has some
but he has a presence of mind about the life that he is living.
Because the education systems that you are going through right from kindergarten level
is such that it is about everything except you.
It's about everything else.
Somebody is PhD in tourism, somebody is PhD in biotechnology, somebody is PhD in something,
nothing about this (referring to oneself).
How does this (Referring to oneself) function, there is no attention at all.
A human being functions…
You know, you have a Kala Bhairava Temple 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 vivid 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 (gestures), 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?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: 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 memory makes you suffer,
your imagination makes you suffer
and you think you are 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 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 (Laughter).
Yes or no?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: You are suffering your capabilities.
If you are suffering your disability, it's all right, you are suffering your capabilities.
I must tell you this, about four, five months ago I think,
you might have seen it on the news,
a young lady, thirty-four-year-old lady
who was a television anchor in Hyderabad,
jumped off the fifth floor window, killed herself,
left a note – “Nobody is responsible for my death, my brain is my enemy.”
Tch, how many million years it took to get this brain to this size
and now it becomes your enemy.
She articulated this
but this is true with almost ninety percent of the human beings,
they are suffering their own intelligence, isn't it (Applause)?
If you take away half their brain,
if you take away half their brain, they will be peaceful (Gestures) (Few laugh),
yes!
And that is why a whole bunch of idiots
are going about saying that
the ultimate goal of life is peace of mind.
Such people will only rest in peace (Laughter/Applause).
Now you (Laughs), young man
University life,
if somebody is not keying you up all the time,
it could become too easy, you know.
Even I remember
when I went to the university, most of the time we were in the canteen or in the garden.
The easiest part of my life was university (Laughs) (Applause).
I think I know nobody is going to like it and…
but I think this university time must be shortened
unless somebody is producing something brilliant,
they must be chucked out within three to four years’ time everybody (Applause).
If they are doing something very focused and very intense, they must stay otherwise…
See, this is all I am 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.
Already you are two hours closer to your grave since I came here (Few laugh).
Yes or no?
Two hours closer to Manikarnika (Laughter).
Yes or no?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: Yes, you are not immortal.
It’s just a limited amount of time.
Are you a precious life I am asking,
is your life precious to you?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: Then you must decide
where you want to invest this life if this is precious.
If this is worthless, throw it somewhere;
if this is precious, invest in something worthwhile,
isn't it?
So, if you invest this in something worthwhile,
not spark, you will be aflame all the time (Laughs).