[Questioner:] I do not understand how emotions and thoughts can be physical? [Sadhguru:] First of all
this distinction between emotion and thought, it doesn't really exist.
What you call as emotion is just the juicier part of the thought. Yes? The way
you think, is the way you feel, isn't it so? Right now I think this is a wonderful
person, now I have sweet emotions towards him, now I think he's a horrible man, now
I have ugly emotions towards him, Can I think he's a horrible man and have sweet
emotions towards him? Can I think he's a beautiful man and have ugly emotions
towards him? Is it possible? No, because the way you think is the way
you feel and the other way around also the way you feel is the way you think.
You have sweet emotions towards somebody, whichever way you look at them
everything about them looks beautiful. Yes? Yes or no ? Once you have sweet
emotions towards somebody do you see your thoughts start telling
you all kinds of beautiful things about them but suppose suddenly the sweetness
of emotion went away tomorrow suddenly your mind starts telling you all the
horrible things this person is. Yes or no ? Because thought and emotion are not
separate. Thought is dry, emotion is juicy but it's the same thing. So let's not
make a distinction. So how is this physical? I think we already looked at
this yesterday because today you know they can measure your thought on a meter.
Yes? You know this? They can attach wires and cables to your head and measure the
level of activity of the mind, thought in the mind. Yes ? You know this. Some time ago
they put me in a machine usually I don't put myself to such indignities. I
gave in because of some social nonsense and they put me on this machine they
want to study my gamma rays or whatever and then it seems all the machines just
went flat they said you are dead, and said that's a good diagnosis. (Laughs) So they
said you must be dead or you're brain dead. I said yes. If it can be measured it
has to be physical, isn't it? Yes or no? [Audience :] Yes. [Sadhguru:] On a meter, on a physical machine, if it has
to be measured it has to be physical, it may be subtle but still physical. Your
thought is very much physical, it's about the physical and it is physical. It
cannot exist without the physicality of the brain, isn't it so? We scoop out your
brain, can you think? No. So it is very physical like the lightbulb is physical,
the light is also physical, isn't it? But light is not something you can catch
like this but still it is physical, it is very much physical maybe you don't like
it. Oh! my emotions are so sweet how can it be physical? it is physical. What's
wrong with the physical? Nothing wrong with the physical. Somebody has told you
something wrong with the physical. Nothing wrong with the physical. What's
wrong with the physical ? Physical is the creation, isn't it? Yes? Only if
creation is beautiful, only if you experience creation as a very beautiful
thing, then creator becomes significant. If
creation is horrible creator must be even more horrible. Yes or no ?
If this body is horrible, God must be the most horrible creature, isn't it so? Yes
or no? [Audience:] Yes. [Sadhguru:] You don't like it, it's okay he is hard.