Message #44146

[guest587]

Hi Brother,

Not sure if you meant it to start at the 30-ish minute marker but it was a perfect time for me to tune in. It really made me think about my Sister. The man interviewing Sadhguru was trying to imply trauma was a justification for poor attitude. More or less.

Sadhguru said you're finding an excuse, for the way you are, that you yourself don't like.

"If something unpleasant happened to you- you have two choices. Either you can become wise, or you can become wounded. More unpleasant things happen to you than anybody else, you must be the wisest man soonest- No, you choose to be wounded because you carry this wound like a badge so you can cause the same wound unto others- what's the point?"

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"There is no excuse."

I love it. The man goes on to try and make an example, saying that something bad happens to him when he's 7 years old so he is scarred and Sadhguru just laughs it off.

"When you were 5 years of age, you were bubbling with joy by your own nature. Somebody had to work hard to make you unhappy- but now somebody has to work hard to make you happy, what's happened with the equation? If you are really growing up- if at 5 years you were made unhappy, and you're 31- you should be ecstatic!"

The man interviewing him still believes people become more miserable as they age- Sadhguru joyishly and compassionately says...

"No, they just carry more baggage."

Thanks Steve.=)