Everything you have done in your life so far has been in pursuit of a single thing. Whether you sought a career, started a business, made money, or built a family, it was always because we want one thing: joy (or Satisfaction).
But somewhere along the way, life got complicated.
If you had been born as any other creature on this planet, it would have been very simple. Your needs would have just been physical. A full stomach would have been equivalent to a great day. Take a look at your dog or your cat: the moment their stomach is full, they are quite peaceful.
But when you come in this world as a human being, things change. An empty stomach is one problem: hunger. But a full stomach? A hundred problems! When our survival is in question, it is a big issue in our lives. But the moment it is taken care of, it doesn’t seem to mean anything, somehow a human being, life doesn’t seem to end with survival, life begins with survival.
Today, we are the most comfortable generation to have ever lived on this planet. The rub is that we are definitely not the most joyful, or the most peaceful.
Why is this so?
We have tried our best to fix the outside environment, if we fix it any more there will be no planet left. (True). It is time for us to consider our wellbeing from within us than outside us.
Source: Inner Engineering by Sadhguru.
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