Sadhguru: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone
will not tink, tink, – quietly if you can listen to the sound of the trees, the breeze,
the water, just the natural sounds, if you pay enough attention, tremendous things will
happen to you.
Manytimes I have been in the South Indian, you know, they are kind of tropical rain forests,
the longest I have been there, through the jungle for about twenty-three days, alone,
no any kind of support, no cell phone for sure those days and not even a torch light.
On fourth day, I ran out of the food that I was carrying, soI lived off the forest.
By about eighth today, I lost my jacket and one half of my shirt because I was chased
by some animals and by that whole thing.
I had half a shirt and pants (Laughs), and I walked through…
I...
This is elephant country, tiger country.
I saw tigers, panthers, elephants, all kinds of… the wild buffalo, various kinds of animals,
very close quarters.
But at the end of it when you look back, what is the biggest impact on you?
It is the insects.
It is in the nights, the orchestra that goes on in the rain forest.
Oh my god, it is unbelievable and the timing every day, night, 2:15, means one group will
stop and the other group will start (Laughter).
Really their sense of time!
Every day exactly by the second, one group will start, another group will start and you
don’t know what they are talking about (Laughter).
They are definitely talking something that you don't know, for sure.
They are not just making dumb noises.
So if you just sit there and listen and listen and listen and listen, slowly, you start noticing
there is a pattern and an organization to this, which is far bigger than any human symphonies
that you can achieve.
Far more complex and far more intense.
I think it is veryimportant for every human being, particularly if you have children.Vacation
need not be Disneyland.
I am not against it, but one trip is enough, all silly stuff which excites you.
Vacation should be into nature.
If you can take your children, walk in a jungle, not in a resort.
Just live on a mountain, expose them to nature, I will tell you, you will bring up your children
not only physically healthy, mentally healthy, far more sensible and accepting and wonderful
kind of human beings; if they know how to… because once you go into nature, whose son
you are, whose daughter you are, what are you in the city, it doesn't matter, okay?
It is very important that everybody experiences that, otherwise, you start creating your own
illusions as to who you are and you start believing it for sure.
Only death and disease tells people who they are.
It is very important, especially if you have children, it is extremely important that vacation
does not mean movies, vacation does not mean some…
I don't know, silly entertainment of doing this and that.
It is important there is some connection with the roots of who we are.
And we listen to the right kind of things.
What makes life buzz!