for most human beings
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between 24 and 30 is the time when you
really shape your life
life is going tick-tock in some way you
have to make yourself more exciting
then the video game
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if you tend to it properly every day
every day
it will turn out to be something
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so
your problem is not unique
it's a generational problem
i don't know to what extent these
numbers are right but
i don't think they're very far from
truth
some survey says
young men
aged between 24 and 30
spend a minimum of five and a half hours
on the video games in united states of
america
maybe they're little off this way or
that way but i don't think they're
too far away
see
in a young person's life
for most human beings
between 24 and 30 is the time when you
really shape your life
isn't it so
hello
there's a time
most people have just finished their
education and that's the time they're
really shaping their life one way or the
other
whether you're going into your
profession or crime or politics i don't
know what's your choice
but that is the time you're shaping your
life
at such a time
a crucial time in one's life
they are spending five and a half hours
on an average
on playing some silly game
of shooting people or shooting docks or
something something all kinds of weird
things i don't even know what else is
there i've just
i know only
by what other people have told me i have
never played a goddamn game
i like games but i've never played a
video game because
other things have kept me busy
i'm not saying it is completely wrong
it's a generation
generational thing
digital digital technology is new and
all kinds of things happening on the
screen
which is far more active than what's
happening in the world
so it keeps people engaged
this is not a moral issue
this is uh
a mental issue
do you want to be a
playing things which doesn't get you
anywhere
all you do is bing in the end
playing with yourself
and playing with a machine
or
life is going tick-tock
24 to 30 years of age
is a time
when
you have to decide
which way you're going to fall
in this life isn't it in many ways
for me at 25 significant things happened
so this is not about making something
wrong that's not the point
well maybe one day when there is a video
game world cup
if you become the champion of the
champions
then maybe people will appreciate that
also
but
i must tell you this
i know a family they had two sons
and
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one of them
the other one i don't want to talk about
one of them
invests
only in video game companies
all right
and he plays video games
nearly 12 to 14 hours a day
and
a physiotherapist comes and works his
joints every day
because otherwise he does only this
i stay in their home for three days
in these three days
not once
this did any of those young boys
step out of the room
so
this is a phenomena in the world right
now because the technology is new we are
overly excited about it
first thing is
at the age of three
you made him play this so he doesn't
know any other game game
means on the video that's the only game
he knows
you can't blame the boy for this
now if you want to correct if you throw
the s box out
we don't know what will happen to you
when people get hooked on to something
really hooked onto something you try to
go in the way
they want to kill you for sure isn't it
and already he's practiced plenty on the
video games
he's practiced plenty
so don't try throwing the s box out
see if you can get him interested
put him in a trekking program
or a mountain climbing program
something where it demands
physical and mental attention
i don't think he will go and play tennis
no
but if you put in a program like this
initially he suffers he wants to run
away usually they don't let them go
once you're on top of the mountain at
least you have to come back
there is no this to come back
you have to walk down
it may change his perspective
or
he may resign himself completely with
your games
because this demands so much
pain and stuff
you know
climbing a mountain is not
it's a joy but it's not
it's a lot of pain too
it's a great joy but it's a lot of pain
every time
every year when i do this kailash trek
in nepal and himalayas when you in tibet
when we trek
i always think enough i've done enough
of these things
because uh
going through the treacherous terrain
most incredible terrain
your eyes think so your mind thinks so
but your legs
they don't agree
your legs and sometimes your lungs both
of them don't agree that this is an
incredible place
so
for all you know if you put him through
that he may never again come out of a
video game
or he may
because he knows so much shooting
maybe he should join the army
yeah possibly
you want to shoot you must at least be
in the army because uh
at least you're shooting for a cause
otherwise you may start shooting on the
street
so if army is not possible
maybe a policeman at least you can carry
a gun
maybe you don't get to shoot much
i'm not trying to joke about this
but
this is a painful reality that this
generation of people are going through
we
if we have children like that at home
there's nothing to blame them for
it's we
who've done this
because a lot of people gave video games
to their children because they want to
go to the party they want to do
something else you want to live your
life but this one demands attention you
yourself are dying for attention
but this one demands attention who's
just come
so you give him something that engages
him
uh it will lead to lots of things and
there's also
a peer situation
his friends are playing s box
if you don't bring if you don't bring
the y box for him
he will create certain situations
so this is why a lot of people did not
understand this probably i said
repeatedly i'm saying and i'm saying
again
see you are not a tiger
nor are you a panda
i am saying you are not an endangered
species
it is not compulsory that all of you
should reproduce
there's no such thing
those who think
they want to have children and dedicate
a certain amount of considerable amount
of time to raise another human being who
will be better than them they should do
it because after all
human generations need to happen
but it's not compulsory that everybody
must have a child
so
if we want to produce children we must
be willing to a lot a certain amount of
time
accidentally they turned out well that's
not the point
it's not right
once we take charge of a new life a
fresh life
we must be willing
to give a certain amount of time
energy and the focus that is required to
nurture this life in the best possible
way isn't it
so one thing
if you want to wean your child off these
kind of things whether it's video games
or television or something something
in some way you have to make yourself
more exciting
than the video game
than the television then something else
you have to make yourself
that kind of a person they want to be
with you
so
you can't
a child is not a machine
you can't switch it
one way tomorrow morning so video games
to
enjoying the rainbow
is not going to work like that
it's a constant cultivation
constant cultivation every day every day
every day
it may work
there is no guarantee it will work
hello
those of you who raise children
you know
it may work
there is no such thing as it will work
there's no such thing
if you pay enough attention
it will yield
good results
otherwise we don't know
because you're not the only one paying
attention to them
there are so many others
who are also paying attention
and they may be more impressive than
you yes
somebody on the street corner may be far
more impressive than you and they may
influence them much more than you
yes
so
oh satguru i just asked you about the
video games
now
you tell me i made the mistake of
bearing a child
i'm not saying that all i'm saying is
this is the consequence
of handling a living being including
yourself
if you tend to it properly every day
every day
it will turn out to be something
if you think
once in 12 years you can attend to it
then it's only by accident
when something turns out well or bad
by accident
you will remain in extreme anxiety even
if it turns out well
because it's by accident
you must understand it's not about
fixing your child's life
it's about fixing this life
if this is fixed this will create the
right ambience
where the child grows up
it is substantially proved
that
in the making of life
for most human beings over 80 percent
of their life
is determined by what they're exposed to
rather than the genetics
so
you have the 20 already in your hands
genetics
another 80 percent is there
of course
children go to school
of course they play on the street
but you must keep your percentage over
50 percent at least isn't it because
you're the advantage of 20 genetics
until they're 12 15 at least you have
some control over their life
so your share of influence must be at
least 60 70 isn't it so
but if that has to happen
you have to do something about yourself
that they cannot help looking up to you
not in fear
if they look up to you in fear aversion
will come
once they find their feet they will
teach you another lesson
not in fear but they look up to you
because they think you're fantastic
so you have to do some circus to prove
that you're fantastic
that they start looking up to you in
such a way
that they will allow you to influence
them
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