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Finding The Source Of Your Happiness

by Sadhguru Jaggi

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Join yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru, a spiritual master with a difference, in this insightful talk exploring personal happiness. 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.

HappinessYogaInner EngineeringMind ControlStressJoyEmotional RegulationSelf ImprovementPursuit Of HappinessJoy Of LifeEnergyUniversal Life Force EnergySpirits

Transcript

The moment we are born as human beings,

Somehow our lives got complicated.

If we had come here as any other creature on this planet,

Life would be very simple โ€“ eating,

Sleeping,

Reproducing and dying one day.

Now we have to do all those things but somehow where you are right now,

Wherever you may be is not enough,

Isn't it?

You want to be little more than what you are right now.

If you know only money,

Maybe you are thinking of little more money.

If you know only pleasure,

Maybe little more pleasure.

Our little more power.

Everybody is wanting to be little more than what they are right now.

The process of desiring is continuously going on.

Whether you are going to work or you are going to the barn or you are going to the temple or you are getting married or you are having children,

You are studying in a university,

All this effort of life,

Everything was in pursuit of happiness,

Is it so?

In the last hundred years with the use of science and technology,

We have changed the very face of this planet.

Today we have the kind of comforts and conveniences that no other generation could ever even imagine.

We are definitely the most comfortable generation ever on this planet,

Is it so?

But are we also the most joyful generation?

So it's not worked.

Every creature from plant to animal to everything,

Including human beings,

Have paid an enormous price to create these comforts and conveniences and we are not even happy.

We are disappointed.

We have engineered the world today in many ways so that it functions better for us,

Isn't it?

We have done nothing about ourselves.

It's time to really look at it,

Isn't it?

The last twenty-four hours,

How many moments of joy have we had?

When you were five years of age,

A child,

How many moments of joy did you have in twenty-four hours?

The whole equation has gotten reversed somehow.

It doesn't matter where you are,

You are sitting in a palace or in heaven,

But your inner situation is not good,

It doesn't matter,

Isn't it?

This mind could have been a source of ecstasy,

But this mind has become a source of misery for most people,

Tension,

Anxiety,

Depression,

Why?

You just don't know how to handle it,

Isn't it?

See,

There's only one problem with your life.

Life is not happening the way you think it should happen.

That's the only problem.

Is there any other problem?

Nobody around you will happen hundred percent your way,

Isn't it so?

Yes?

Nobody happens your way,

It's okay.

The problem is,

This one is not happening your way.

What is the problem,

Isn't it?

People have concluded that stress is a part of their life.

Stress is not a part of your life.

It is just that you do not know how to manage your body,

You do not know how to manage your mind,

You do not know how to manage your emotions or your life energies.

Everything is happening accidentally.

So if things happen your way,

You have begun to understand in the world that you have to engineer it.

The same with you.

No inner engineering has been done for you.

Listen,

Just by accident you're trying to happen.

Now I'm talking about creating the right kind of chemistry within you,

Where to be peaceful and blissful is just natural to you.

Meet your Teacher

Sadhguru JaggiMcMinnville, TN, USA

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Recent Reviews

Jagadeeshwari

May 1, 2025

He always has one great teaching every time I hear him. This content is one of them. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

Fran

March 18, 2021

More can be a dangerous word

Irene

October 30, 2020

Wonderful! Namaste

Nancy

July 4, 2019

Love love love!

Iztza

June 18, 2019

Exceptional, I had heard several times everyday, it works for me.

Brenda

June 15, 2019

Understanding & actually doing something about it are 2 dif things... Isn't it?

Jeff

June 14, 2019

Exactly what I needed to hear.

Paul

June 12, 2019

Unbelievably true! Loved it

Kathy

June 10, 2019

A great reminder of what is required to have joy - acceptance of how life is and finding joy in the ordinary - noticing and letting go of desire and fear

Brittany

June 9, 2019

Beautiful! Giving language for things my spirit has known and observed a very long time. Thank you ๐Ÿ™

Rick

June 6, 2019

Really enjoyed this

Glas

June 6, 2019

A perfect meditation as I queue for a busy flight. Thank you

Anne

June 6, 2019

Very wise advice.very true

Alicia

June 6, 2019

Wow! I love your teachings! Had to listen to that again ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ™

B

June 6, 2019

Much needed today. Thank you so much for sharing your gift๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿฅฐ

Sarah

June 5, 2019

So true! Thank you!

Wisdom

June 5, 2019

Wonderful meditationโฃ๏ธ Really enjoyed the background music, your delivery and, most especially, your thought-provoking words. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’•

Jay

June 5, 2019

Important message, but I find the sound effects highly distracting.

Donna

June 5, 2019

Sadghuru - Thankyou for speaking so truly.. and clearly. May I say for such a well produced sound piece the ending is awfully abrupt - a nice long fade would have ended the piece - and the space which Sadghuru created - in a kinder way.

Herpreet

June 5, 2019

The pursuit of happiness comes from within! Thank you, โฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ™ Namaste

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