- [Brian Rose] You talk in the book about thoughts.
You know, we're obsessed with thoughts in this world.
I'm thinking this and I'm thinking that.
- [Sadhguru] (Laughs)
So, you must understand when you say I'm thinking this,
another way of saying it is "I'm making up this,"
"I'm making up that."
you can make up whatever you want.
As long as you enjoy it.
(Laughs)
- But that can be dangerous. Always trying to think of the
solution. Always trying to be your thoughts.
(Sighs)
See, if you become what you make up, unfortunate isn't it?
Hmmm?
- Yeah.
- Your thoughts belong to you or you belong to the thoughts.
You must make up your mind.
(laughs)
- They can be dangerous, those thoughts.
- They're not dangerous, they're fantastic.
Only thing is, fantastic things mishandled can kill you.
A car can kill you isn't it? It's a wonderful thing,
an automobile. It's made our lives.
If you handle it irresponsibly it kills you.
Every possibility is like this. Every possibility,
if you do not harness it, it becomes a problem.
So the same goes for your cerebral capability.
If you do not harness it, it's a serious problem.
It's taking away, 80% of the human beings
are simply suffering. They don't need any outside help.
They're on self-help.
(laughs)
- You mentioned the word "responsible" there.
You mention it in the book. What does it mean, that word?
"Responsible?"
- Say suppose, somebody's here, lying down.
If I call him, he doesn't respond.
If I shake him, he doesn't respond.
If I poke him, he doesn't respond.
What do you think of him?
- He's dead.
So dead means, you have lost all ability to respond.
So what does life mean to you?
Your ability to respond. So now you make up your mind.
How alive you want to be. 50% will do?
No.
If you're a hundred percent alive,
it's fantastic to be alive.
If you're dead, it's good. At least for others, I'm saying.
(laughs)
But, if you're half alive, it's torture. Isn't it?
So whether I keep you half alive,
or you keep yourself half alive,
whichever way, it's torture. Isn't it?
If I do it, I'm inflicting the torture on you.
If you do it to yourself, it's self-torture.
But whether I do it or you do it, it still is torture.
It's suffering. So tell me, for most of the people,
how many people in this world are being tortured
by somebody else?
- Most.
- Really?
- In their minds.
- No, they are being tortured by themselves.
- How many are actually physically being tortured by
somebody else? Unfortunately it happens to a few people.
All right?
It may be a certain number of people,
but definitely not 80% of the population.
80% of the population are experts in self-torture.
It's like, if I ask you a simple question,
would you want your intellect to be sharp or blunt?
You must choose, I'm going to bless you right now.
Sharp or blunt?
- For me?
- Yeah.
- Oh, I'll take sharp, thank you.
- Sharp. So if I give you a sharp knife, if you hold it
on the wrong side, wrong end of the knife,
if you hold it, the harder you hold it, the more it hurts.
Isn't it?
That's all.
You're suffering your own intelligence.
You're suffering your own possibilities.
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