The truth is simple: life is not a problem, yet most people spend their entire existence trying to "solve" it. According to the mystic Sadhguru, the misery we feel isn't caused by our bosses, our mothers-in-law, or our bank accounts; it is a self-made disaster caused by an intelligence that has no stable base.
The 1.23% Disaster
We like to think we are highly evolved, but Sadhguru points out a terrifying reality: the DNA difference between a human and a chimpanzee is only 1.23%. While that tiny percentage gives us world-apart intelligence and awareness, we haven’t built the "base" to handle it.
- The Earthworm Advantage: If you had the brain of an earthworm, you would be peaceful.
- The Human Curse: Because we evolved "too quickly," our intelligence is currently working against us, like an arm punching its own face.
- The Stability Crisis: Without a stable internal system, this high-powered intelligence just creates "psychological drama" that we mistake for reality.
The Trap of Being "Educated"
Most people are walking around like they "walked out of a grave," having lost the joy they had as children. Sadhguru argues that modern education and tradition are often just ways of being influenced by others’ failures.
- Books vs. Reality: Reading books is often a "waste of time" that fills your head with stories rather than existence.
- The Uneducated Guru: Sadhguru describes himself as "uneducated" because he refuses to be influenced by culture, religion, or parents; he only knows life "from its origin to its ultimate".
- Microscopic Nonsense: We identify with the tiny bit we know, making us microscopic specs, rather than identifying with our boundless ignorance, which would make us boundless.
Stop "Doing" Meditation and Manifestation
The modern world has turned spiritual growth into a "pipe dream" or a "goof-up". You cannot "do" meditation any more than you can "do" a mango.
- The Mango Analogy: A mango is a consequence of planting a seed and nurturing the soil. Similarly, meditativeness is a fragrance that comes from cultivating your body, mind, and emotions to maturity.
- The Dream Car Traffic Jam: We sit in our "dream cars" (our lives) and suffer in the traffic jam of our minds. Meditation is simply getting "above" the traffic, like being in a plane, where the mess below actually looks pretty because you are no longer entangled in it.
- Manifestation vs. Execution: Real manifestation isn't thinking "Blue Mountain" every day; it is programming your "software" (intelligence) so that every action naturally moves you toward your goal.
Your Karma, Your Responsibility
It is time to stop pointing fingers. Karma isn't a mystical punishment from heaven; it simply means "action"—your action.
- Moving the Responsibility: Believing in karma means moving responsibility from "heaven" to yourself.
- The Joy Test: If you are miserable, it is your responsibility. Sadhguru even jokes that he won't feed miserable people because he doesn't believe in "feeding misery".
- Inner Engineering: To fix this, Sadhguru promotes "Inner Engineering," a technology for well-being that uses a 21-minute practice to change your internal chemistry.
A Warning to Parents
If you want your children to turn out well, stop parenting them. Children don't listen to morals; they observe their parents. If you are not a "superstar" in your child's eyes because you are full of anger and frustration, they will find an "idiot" on the street or the internet to follow instead.
Are you ready to stop being a "microscopic spec" and start handling your own intelligence?
Sadhguru suggests that if we dedicate even a small amount of focus to "inner engineering," we can shift from being "compulsive" to being "blissful," regardless of what is happening in the world around us.