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Am I Becoming a Fool, Sadhguru?

by Sadhguru Jaggi

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A seeker wonders, when the mind seems to become empty, does that mean I am becoming a fool? If somebody else calls you a fool, Sadhguru answers, then it’s an insult, but when you realize you are a fool, then it means you have become smart enough to know that. Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.

Self RealizationHumilityEgoPhilosophySelfHumorYogaSadhguruEgo DissolutionExistentialismComplicationSpirits

Transcript

You see,

When somebody else calls you a fool,

It's an insult.

When you realize you're a fool,

That means you've become smart enough to know that.

So I did not call you a fool,

I only agreed with you.

This happened to me also.

Before all this happened,

I was very smart,

Very,

Very smart.

Although I thought,

And so everybody around me also supported it.

I definitely thought so.

All others around me also supported this.

He's very smart.

And the activity that I have… that I was performing at that time and the results that it produced also proved that I was very smart.

But one day,

I went up a small hill and I realized I was not a fool.

Since then,

Everything has been fantastic.

Yes.

So be a fool,

It's a damn good thing.

If you're a damn fool,

It's a damn,

Damn good thing.

But don't tell anybody like this.

Because socially you still have to live.

You don't go about telling everybody,

I'm a fool.

It's all right.

You know you're a fool,

Everybody thinks you're smart,

That's a good thing.

But you tell everybody you're a fool,

That's not a good thing.

So there are different ways to look at this.

If something bigger than yourself happens to you,

Something way bigger than yourself happens to you,

Then naturally you feel like a damn fool.

Something happened to you,

You are the biggest thing in the universe.

You think you're smart,

But you are a bloody fool.

That's a big difference.

We can even say this with… in other terms,

But let me not go there.

I want you to understand that there are not too many problems with you.

Hello?

You think you're complicated because you like to be complicated,

Because if you're simple,

You feel like a fool.

Yes?

So you're complicating yourself just to avoid seeing that you're a bloody fool.

Your problem is not very existential,

It's more maintenance.

Certain things are not opening up.

This happened.

Shankaran Pillai checked into your hotel along with his wife.

At 11.

30 in the night,

He called the reception and he said,

My wife is threatening to jump out of the window from the fifth floor.

The reception said,

Sir,

This is a personal matter.

I cannot intervene in this and above all,

I'm the only night staff who is here.

So you need to deal with it yourself.

This is a personal matter.

Except for me and one maintenance staff,

There is nobody in the hotel,

We cannot assist you in any way.

You need to deal with it yourself.

It is your personal stuff.

Shankaran Pillai roared,

You idiot.

You think I will ask you to come and handle my personal matters?

I'm talking about a maintenance issue only.

The damn window is not opening.

So your problem is just that the window is not opening.

Tch,

There's no other problem,

Just maintenance issues.

Because you think you're too smart,

It's too stuffed up.

If you feel like an empty fool,

It'll open up.

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Recent Reviews

Susan

February 18, 2019

🌺🌺🌺🌺Thank you so much 🙏

Ahimsa

November 29, 2018

I adore how this guidance moves us from untruth towards truth. When we do not have urgency, “fix-it” energy, when we “feelike a dam fool” windows to LIFE (Living Integrated, Fully Embodied, www.living-compassion.org) open up! We are humble (the foundation of well BEing), we recognize that LIFE is LOVE, all else is imagined confusion! In gratitude, ahimsa

Maelene

August 5, 2018

Love this short story! Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤️

Karen

July 29, 2018

He made me laugh

Kauhilani

July 28, 2018

I love your talks. They are funny and very interesting

Madiha

July 26, 2018

Great way to start the day most appreciative 🙏

Francis

July 25, 2018

See. Clear. Funny.

Iztza

July 25, 2018

Short, fun y and complex. Enough for an easy learning.

Heidi

July 25, 2018

Great lesson with great humor. Thank you.

Andrea

July 25, 2018

As always- amazing.

Debra

July 25, 2018

Just a maintenance issue! Love it.

Lorraine

July 25, 2018

😂😂😂 was also an honour to meet you in Russia at the World Cup!

Susan

July 25, 2018

I always enjoy his talks!

Alie

July 25, 2018

❤️, but oh the cricket sound.

Malini

July 25, 2018

Thank you Guru Ji for making everyone realise that being a fool too can be a blessing:) Your humour always adds that there's a lighter side of life to look at:) Blessed to know you and having you in my life:)

William

July 24, 2018

Great as always!! Thanls

Chris

July 24, 2018

Wise words. Thank you

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