Sadhguru - Question and Answer with Students in New York

[Music] life is just a combination of time and energy isn't it limited amount of time limited amount of energy if you run into walls here and their time and energy will go and your life will go it's very important you run through the door not to the wall yes where there is openness there you go [Applause] good evening hey I said good evening so I think we're about 30 minutes to take audience questions anybody has she right there Namaskar Sadhguru my name is Radha Kulkarni and I'm a Columbia alum and started policy here not business and I work at the United Nations now but before I get to my question your talks are both inspiring and grounding at the same time and that's a difficult balance so thank you so much for coming to Columbia and speaking with us much appreciated so my question to you sub grows that there's so much suffering in the world like when I travel on work or otherwise one observes that on the one hand there is even lack of basic peace or there's so much violence and on the other hand there is even lack of basic resources and abject poverty so so I would be curious to hear your perspective on why it is every single person have such different starting points in life which would mean like a child based in Africa doesn't even have water and is perhaps will die of malnutrition has a very different starting point and then say a billionaires child who is perhaps sitting somewhere in the middle of North America so why this disparity and then how and where it sits in the larger scheme of things or in the cycle of the cosmos or life if there is if that's how we call it and and also then that gets me to the question of then who are we that's a very Indian question you must know I must tell you this because you're also working at the UN we were trekking in Tibet about three years ago I know every year we checked there three years ago when I was going there was people from over 40 countries trekking with me so one Indian person who lives in United States should have to ask a question and the question went on for over eight minutes you've been very brief so question was going on and all these international audience their heads were spinning because they're not grasping the question then I said please relax this is an Indian question because we have practiced asking questions for over ten twelve thousand years this is a nation where even when so-called divine entities came they could not give us any Commandments because all we had was questions we learned less questioning then when Chinese lady who is working in United Nations for more than 30 years she said Sadhguru even in those thirty years when I worked in United Nations only Indians ask questions anyway so why there is disparity I thought you know the answer there is disparity because those who have don't care about those who don't have it's very simple those who have want to take more and more those who don't have just don't have oh there are various aspects it's found expression in many different ways started with imperialism and even now we are always seeing every nation is seeing how we can take the maximum resource from everywhere else isn't it so we know the source of the problem what is the solution the question so solution wise say yeah in 2016 they are telling me some studies saying that in 2016 we produced in a food for eighteen point six billion people but we were only 7 point 1 billion people on that day but still 35% of the planet is malnourished you were talking you know the statistics better than me you are in the United Nations when we are producing 3 times more food than we actually need for the population still one third of the population is starving millions of children die of malnourishment all over not just in Africa even in India India has the highest malnourished population right now you know it's an evolutionary process you know Charles Darwin he told you that you were all monkeys not me okay he told you you were all monkeys and you became human and today the genetic scientists are saying that the difference between you and a chimpanzee in terms of DNA is only one point two three percent one point two three percent is not much of a difference isn't it hello not much of a difference isn't it so physiologically that's how close we are to a chimpanzee but in terms of our intelligence and awareness we're world support from a chimpanzee right now largely the first question started with that largely our identities are still biological if you say my race is biology if you say my family it's biology isn't it largely human identities are still biological when your biological your set within a small boundary and when your biological your instinct of self-preservation is that it's hatched in your intelligence or in your brain structure there is something called as a reptilian brain which is approximately the size of your fist here so that is still working like a reptile fixing boundaries all the time and trying to protect that boundary which finds expression in so many different ways but there's another dimension of intelligence which is the cerebral cortex which makes you a human being today which things and struggles with these issues if you were a tiger you wouldn't care that you know goats child is hungry you wouldn't care because after all it's your food all right but once you become a human being you actually don't care but still one part of you which makes you human makes you struggle you need to empower that as a humanity we need to empower that that your instinct of self-preservation must go down and the longing to expand which is always there within us see today it is finding expression as ambition conquest or maybe simply shopping what is this all about you want to be something more than what you are right now isn't it yes now the question is if you become something more today tomorrow are you fully settled no you want to be something more and something more and something more so you seem to be going towards some kind of goal in installments I'm asking you right now how much more will settle you for good what do you think how much more suppose I make you the queen of this planet will you be fulfilled I'm asking I'm asking you don't look at me hopefully I will not commit such a blunder I will not commit such a blunder but I'm asking you suppose we put a throne on the North Pole and made you sit there the queen of the planet would you be fulfilled no you will look at the Stars you look at the galaxies this is the nature of the human being because there is something in this human being that doesn't like boundaries wants to expand limitlessly but right now the consciousness is constipated you know what's constipation that means things happen little by little you want to expand you want to expand but you want to do it in small measure as if you're going to live here for a million years so you have to move every human being all these business students you must move from your personal ambition to a larger vision ambition means constipated expression of growth vision means seamless expression of growth this must happen to you how much should you grow you should not determine this you must gas yourself fully make yourself competent and hence your competence let's see how far it goes yes let's see how far it goes why should you fix the limit because whatever limits and whatever goals you set or just an exaggeration of what little you know today isn't it so Oh yes or no today what little you know you are exaggerating it and thinking this is ambition no this is constipation I know being in the university now you passed out being in the United Nations you have much knowledge about many things but all your knowledge even if you have studied the libraries on this planet all your knowledge is a miniscule compared to what this cosmic space is isn't it there if you identify with this miniscule knowledge that you have you will become a miniscule because you're such a miniscule endlessly you will feel insecure about anything and everything that's happening to you he lives in Brooklyn still nobody stabbed him what are you insecure about in yoga we have another system we call this the intelligence of ignorance we always identify with our ignorance because our knowledge is so small our ignorance is boundless yes or no what we do not know is boundless isn't it what we know is so little so you identify with what you do not know then your life will expand rapidly your intelligence will stay alert through your life if you identify with knowledge your intelligence will sleep and you will make a fool of yourself with a big degree yes it's very important if your human intelligence is on it is very natural to be inclusive if your reptilian brain is on it is very natural to be exclusive to put up walls so as a human society as nations we have put up walls and walls and walls for everything isn't it the very damn marketplace is a big wall it's a Wall Street all right the markets are controlled so that everybody does not drive yes or no hmm markets are controlled industries controlled so that everybody does not try anyway you didn't ask me what happened to this food that we grow for eighteen point six billion people you must find out you're in the UN you must find out all of you must find out why we produce food three times than what we need and still one-third of the humanity is starving why shouldn't your humanity want to find out please you must find out thank you so much for having this event my name is Bram I'm a sophomore studying history and my question is about this idea of a cosmic or global identity I think it's no secret that many of us here no matter where we came from before this we now have a certain level of privilege for being at a place like Colombia and I think I'm confused as to whether this notion of a global or cosmic identity almost is predicated on a sense of privilege and that certain people in this world don't necessary have the privilege of like being able to look beyond their most immediate surroundings whether it's because of discrimination racism sexism and so on so how can we as people that maybe do have more privilege leverage that to make that global identity mean something more than just us talking about it here this happened in Colombia University two young ladies met one of them said I will not marry till I turn 30 another said well I'm married but I will never turn turn 30 so we must understand the investment in problems that people have made when my business is your problems are my business I don't want your problems to go away hello yesterday something came up this - were there this came up because yesterday morning I read something terrible happening somewhere in some part of the world people keep sending me though I am NOT in the UN all the terrible things that happen before it comes to the news media it comes to me in so many different ways so when I was at the Economic Forum ad hours and there's a big thing going on about Sudan American celebrities posing with this tout of child photographs and everywhere and compassion and stuff I appreciate the intention I'm not against it everybody has to do it in their own way I am NOT against that but in the same video they were showing all these militants taking automatic weapons and death everywhere massive large-scale rape and simply if you're a man you'll die if you're a woman you'll get raped alright it's almost like that that southern Sudan was like that some time ago now it's coming to some kind of sense so these guys are just shooting dozens of them simply shooting in the sky so I said see these guys are not shooting at somebody they're shooting in the sky that means they have limitless supply of armaments alright you can't take away the guns from them but the bullets they seem to have the gun that they're using I know what they're using I know what Cal abilities they're just eight openings which are making this bullets armaments six of them are in United States all you have to do is I'll give you the address you just lock down this in about six months time and they're an out of bullets at least they have to hack people the number of people killed will go down at least once they don't have bullets other people will know how to deal with them yes or no I'm saying when my trouble is your business will you give it up so as young people who are going into the business world don't think you have to go there as a Wycombe of what is existing right now I'm not trying to blame everybody this is how we've shipped it all of us are responsible for this till now this is how we've done business it is time to change it and last 20 years everybody there's lots of commentary in social media why is he always with corporate leaders always become corrupt he is moving with this person that person because I see today if you want to change the world not just business world if you want to change the world how we do business has to change it is not the success of military it is not the success of politics which makes a nation it is the success of business which makes a nation so how are we conducting our business is important if you don't transform the business leaders how the hell are you going to change anything when I was the Economic Forum somebody important there asked me said guru if we have to do one thing for you to transform this world what is it I said just give me 25 people for five days I will change the world in the next two to three years they asked who are these 25 people I named the top 25 leaders of the top 25 nations in the world I said see normally with ordinary people like two and a half days is enough to transform but these are politicians so five days I'm just taking insurance five days you give them to me if the way they think and feel about everything around them even if there's a 10% change in the way that they are looking at the world if they become 10% little more inclusive the world will change dramatically believe me the food that we made for eighteen point six billion people one thing is we don't have to exploit the planet so badly to feed seven billion people and on that one third of them are hungry this can be solved if these twenty five people make up their mind yes or no hello so it is very important today you're sitting here in the university as a student but tomorrow you are part of a larger company well when you join up you may not be able to decide how to run this company but don't become a victim and give up this is all the choice you have in India always when it's a yoga we always use lotus flower as a symbolism why lotus flower eats this true with every flower but particularly with lotus is the more stinky the slushie is the more fragrant and beautiful the lot of lotus flower becomes so we always use this that this is a way yogi should be when you see filled you can become allergic to allergic to it and become an ascetic if you wish or when you see filth you say everywhere filled let me also become filled a lot of people become this or another way is you transform the filth into your flower this choice you have wherever you are whatever role you play you have this choice you are always a part of the solution not a part of the problem this one thing you do depending upon your competence let's see how far you go so Sadhguru thank you for being here what advice would you give someone with a healing gifts someone who can help people create miracles in their lives to grow in service to the world so yeah medical means like this everybody walks on the floor you walk on the ceiling everybody swims in the water but you walk upon the water please don't know these things if you walk upon the water where the hell will you swim it's important it's important that you don't do unreasonable things because if you do not recognize the miracle of your existence right now see we're sitting here maybe you're thinking we are sitting in Columbia University but we are sitting here in this universe we don't know where the goddamn thing begins and where it ends we do not know its nature and the damn planet is round and it's spinning and we're sitting here and talking all this isn't it a miracle I'm asking hello is indeed a miracle so just pay attention just tell me one thing that's not a miracle out here what was yesterday soil that you walk upon today is a flower what was yesterday soil that you walk upon today is the food on your plate yes so isn't this all a miracle hello so there is no need for you to do something unreasonable miracles are just happening everywhere aren't they happening everywhere you are a miracle isn't it just - somebody gave you two cells see how you become using this a miracle so those who have no ice for life they're too engrossed within themselves they think they will perform miracles know what is what is magical for one person suppose suppose I pulled out something from my pocket let's say 500 years ago and started speaking to somebody in India if I said I am the messenger or the son or himself would you believe or no hello what is one person's magic is another person's engineering so this is why we are talking about inner engineering where you can live magically which is very important this is magic isn't it hello isn't this life magical everything about this but unfortunately most human beings are not experiencing it unfortunately most human beings are muddled with their own logic and stuck in it so badly they do not feel and enjoy the magic of their existence if your perception is not muddled by your memory it is very important because our entire education system from kindergarten to wherever you go we are being made to believe memory is intelligence memory is not intelligence all those who believe memories intelligence of going to feel like idiots in the next five to ten years when the artificial intelligence when your little gadget starts doing better than you believe me my phone can do 10 phd's in a day yes aren't you finding finding this google lady a miracle she seems to know every damn thing I'm just trying to think of something that she doesn't know everything that is about information gathering remembering keeping it in your memory analyzing and throwing it out a machine will do better than you in the next few years you just have to wait to feel like a fool so the significance of being human is just this that we have a system which just go buy anything let's say your eyes the visual apparatus started developing even now there are certain fish in the oceans where their skin became photosensitive that means they could sense what is light what is darkness that is their level of seeing from there our eyes have developed at this point on this planet our eyes our neurological system our brains or the highest level of development that's happened so our experience of life is capable of being magical for all those of you trying to magic by snorting or smoking or something let me tell you a little magic happens there also I'm not I'm not somebody to look at this as a moral issue it is just that it's destroying the possibilities that's the only concern isn't this the most sophisticated chemical factory on this planet human mechanism hello now the question is only because you're all business guys the question is only are you a great CEO or a lousy see you that's all if you are a great CEO you will get what you want out of this if you're a lousy CEO you get tension anxiety misery I get ecstasy thank you how's that good thank you for being here my name is Matan I'm a first year MBA student my question is actually also about identity you've spoken about the need or kind of the benefit of detaching from a biological identity and I'm curious I think there's a lot of people in the room and this question kind of came up again and again if somebody wants to kind of be to act positively in society there's an instinct to start from that biological community from the people that you identify with biologically and since you've spoken about that need to detach from that from that identity where do you suggest like what's the alternative to starting from that biological community and maybe maybe I've understood you the wrong way because I see you shaking your head say I did not ever say you should detach yourself from biological identity you've seen your mother father brothers sisters and whatever the larger family as your biological identity why don't you see that they are the first people that you have access to you can work most effectively only where you have access access and acceptance isn't it we will always telling me Sadhguru you must come and work in Africa I said no I will not work in Africa because if I want to go into Africa I would like somebody to give me at least five billion dollars before I enter Africa because without that hand-holding you can't make a difference there you cannot you will go there and waste your life nothing will happen I work in India because in India if you give me ten dollars I will make it into thousand dollars in effect because I have access and acceptance with the people this is not because of my nationality I work in India simply because the access and acceptance is so good that if you give me ten dollars I will make it into thousand dollars but if I go to Africa if you give me a hundred dollars it will become one dollar because there is no access and accept accept out there and the problem there is of a different nature it is completely different nature so where you start choose to work is not a question of your nationality or your ethnicity or your family where you have access and acceptance that's where you must start otherwise you'll just waste your time and energy because life is just a combination of time and energy isn't it limited amount of time limited amount of energy if you run into walls here and their time and energy will go and your life will go it's very important you run through the door not to the wall yes where there is openness there you go then you want to turn around and come there that's a different matter but you must always start work where there is acceptance and access without access what will you do will just beat your head on the wall and if you have a great idea if you cannot even sell it your family you're not going to sell it to anybody it's the last thing we're gonna close with for youth in truth is what worries you the most about the youth of tomorrow what what worries you the most oh I'm not the worrying kind because this nonsense that every generation is worried about the next generation I am not that kind the previous generation was worried about me and they didn't know thing about me they just worried about me I'm not worrying about you I'm not because I know with all your madness you'll figure out things as things go by it's being worried about the next generation always either ancient melody you will see what Socrates said about the next generation he said they have no respect they don't stand up when elders come they're not thinking straight they are going to ruins well 2,000 3,000 years ago the guys talking the same thing time to change that I am not worried about you because I see for the first time in the history of humanity this generation is empowered in ways that nobody had imagined possible yes our survival is better organized than ever before and we if we want to change the world no better time because I I wanted to recognize this because many great beings have come right from ancient times in their own every generation had their greats but even if they raise their voice and spoke hardly twenty-five people heard today if you have something sensible to say you can say to the whole damn world do not underestimate that so one thing you should do as business people and young people is clean up that space a little bit all kinds of idiots are saying things loudly sane things are not really getting across yes because still social media I feel will mature probably in the next 5-10 years people will know how to filter it but there is a concern because the way we are using these technologies against ourselves and against everybody else when I say against them many things they are telling me 70% of the data is pornography and they are telling me on the internet over 1.2 million children below 15 years of age are being sold for all kinds of filthy things I think as a society as human beings when we start selling our children that means we've hit the bottom what do you think hello we really hit the bottom isn't it so these are things that young people can change I'm just saying how many in this campus 5,000 people if 5,000 people meet and you're determined you want to change the language in the direction of what's happening on the internet believe me you can do it 5,000 people if you get active just do it on let's make it happen [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you

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Published: Tue Aug 06 2019