Farhat: I have a question regarding decision… taking decision of my life.
Means going for a new job or like starting a new business or going for educations,
so what should I consider and what should I think before that to think about that decision, to take that decisions?
Sadhguru: So, essentially what you are asking is
what should I invest my life in?
But the way you are putting it is, what job should I take, what education should I do?
That’s not the point, essentially the important thing is (Referring to Oneself) this is a life.
For every one of you, your life is precious, isn't it?
Hello?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: It’s a precious life.
If something is precious, where do you want to invest this life?
Into what do you want to invest this precious life?
If this is a worthless life, throw it somewhere.
If this is a precious life, what do you want to invest this life in to?
If you look at it this way, you will find something truly worthwhile to do.
If you think in terms of how to earn a living, how to get this kind of thing, that kind of thing,
then you will do something silly that you will regret for the rest of your life.
Most people are a regret that’s why they are going around joylessly
because they are not doing what they want to do.
They are not creating what really matters to them, they are doing something for a living.
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Earning a living is not a big deal for a human being.
Every creature, every worm, insect, bird, animal is earning their living, isn’t it so?
With such a big brain, what is the big deal about earning a living?
But unfortunately because of ten to twenty generations of poverty in this country
because of external occupations and invasions and stuff
because of that people have gotten into this mode,
how to earn a living, how to earn a living,
parents are constantly grilling their children
how will you earn your living?
With such a big brain, when a earthworm can earn it’s living, such a big brain is earning a living a issue?
No, what is it that you're going to create.
This precious life, where are you going to invest it?
Are you going to invest it in something that’s truly worthwhile
or are you going to throw it away as a worthless thing, this is the important thing.
Because what you call as my life is just a certain amount of time and energy, isn't it?
Yes?
As you sit here your life is ticking away or no?
You are young, you may not be thinking like this but actually it’s ticking away.
What is ticking away is not time, what is ticking away is your life. Yes or no?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: So this energy that you call as my life, how are you going to invest it because
it’s going to…
if you are doing something truly worthwhile, it gets over before you know what happened.
Only if you're doing something worthless it feels like a long life.
Have you noticed this, on a particular day
when you are very happy, twenty-four hours poof it went off like that like a moment.
You are miserable twenty-four hours feels like ten years.
Have you not noticed this?
So, only miserable people will have a long life.
Joyful people, life goes away like that as if it’s a couple of days, it passes away like that.
If you are creating what you really care to create.
So, one thing that every young person should do is,
without the influence of the peers of your own age group,
without the influence of your professors and your parents,
without the any kind of influence somewhere you must stay by yourself,
at least for two, three days and look at it what is it that I want to invest this precious life into?
What is it that will be worthwhile today and worthwhile after fifty years for me to invest myself into,
you invest your life into that, whatever it is, however small, big, it doesn’t matter.
If you see that this is something truly worthwhile and you invest your life in that,
this will be a life of fulfillment.