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How Do I Control Excitement?

by Sadhguru Jaggi

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A seeker asks Sadhguru how to control excitement. Sadhguru replies I want you to be in a state of excitement all the time.

ExcitementEmotional BalanceExuberant LivingFearAwarenessSadhguruFear Of DisasterAwareness Guidance

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Excitement if you could give me an easy or simple way which I can follow?

We can do that if we just have you short.

After that you'll be cold and unexciting.

Why do you want to control excitement?

I want you to be in a state of excitement all the time.

Your problem is because see people have been telling you this,

If you're too happy sadness will follow.

Do you understand?

They've been saying this traditionally.

So you're laughing too much,

So tomorrow you will cry.

This observation has come because you're not functioning from your awareness.

You're cyclical in your nature.

If you become too much laughing today,

Tomorrow you will cry because it keeps happening for people.

For many people it's true,

For a lot of people it is true.

It is from that context you're saying don't want excitement because excitement leads to trouble,

Isn't it?

If you can be blissful and always in a state of excitement,

Is it not nice?

I'm always excited about everything.

There's nothing that doesn't excite me.

That's why I'm asking question to you Swamiji.

So I'm saying why do you want to kill the excitement?

Now you must bring the necessary balance that excitement doesn't lead to disaster,

Isn't it?

Excitement means life is happening more intensely,

Isn't it?

Always it must be happening at maximum intensity,

But now you should create the necessary balance so that your excitement doesn't lead to disastrous situations within you.

So ask for the right thing.

You need the necessary balance not to kill life because if you live life something may happen.

If you live life something may happen.

So the best thing is to fall dead.

That's the logic you're going right now.

Is that the answer?

No.

If you live life injury may happen,

Tragedy may happen,

So best thing is fall dead right now so that nothing happens to you.

That's definitely hundred percent insurance,

But that's not the way,

Isn't it?

You want to be alive,

Exuberantly alive and still maintain the balance.

You're half alive and you're peaceful,

It doesn't mean anything.

You're exuberantly alive and still you're peaceful.

This is beautiful.

This is fantastic.

Or you're exuberant and once in a while you lose your balance,

That's still okay with me.

But you're dead and peaceful,

It doesn't mean anything to me.

Nor does it mean anything to life,

Isn't it?

The idea of coming here is to live,

Isn't it?

Is that so?

The idea that we're existing here is to experience life as intensely and as deeply as it's possible.

Everything that you're doing is only for that.

But because of your fear of disaster,

You're killing yourself and keeping yourself half alive.

That's not the answer,

That's not a solution at all.

So how not to be excited is not the question.

How not to make excitement into a disaster?

You must earn the necessary balance within you.

Everything that you're doing is only in that direction.

Are you little more balanced than what you were five days ago?

Such a short period,

Five,

Six days is not a big amount of time.

But are you little more balanced?

You just stick to the practice,

I'm telling you.

In six months' time,

Look at the kind of balance you have within you.

You'll stand apart in any group of people.

That kind of inner balance will be there definitely.

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Recent Reviews

Loren

January 23, 2023

❤️

Beth

October 18, 2019

Balance. Learning to stay that way.

Michelle

October 18, 2019

What an unusual question 🤔 Why would one want to contain excitement?!!! Love the life of living 💖 Insightful talk as always - Much thanks to you Sadhguru 🙏

DHARNA

October 17, 2019

Thank you. You are so right w/ how life should be experienced. Satnam.

Shawn

October 17, 2019

Peace, Love n Cheer!

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