Sadhguru on Fear of Failure | Sadhguru

[Music] for one who is you who is seeing this life as a stepping stone for a larger possibility for him there is no failure for one who is looking at the simple events of this life itself as the goal of life for him there is failure and success if you're just seeing this life as a stepping stone for a larger possibility if you have a good deal you use that for your well-being if you have a bad deal you use that for your well-being the economy was on the boom when every fool could be successful it didn't take much when the economy is on the boom every body gets carried isn't it now there has been a meltdown now we take something else to be successful so when the economy was on the boom you could have brought a certain dispassion towards the money that's flowing in now the economy is down the Taps are all closed up it's time to come meditate walk in the mountains there's a lot of [Applause] time there's a lot of time on your hands isn't it when there was money it took away your time and life now the Taps are closed lots of time this the time so it doesn't matter what the hell happens it doesn't matter what the hell happens with your life if you are seeing this life only as a stepping stone for a larger possibility then whatever the situation it is beautiful and very useful very very useful once there was a farmer like you who was tired of various Natural Factors ruling his the quality of his uh crop so one day he called Shiva it was a wild card entry so he found excess and Shiva said what he said I'm tired of all the natural nonsense happening obviously you're not a farmer I know from history that you were a hunter you were not a farmer you don't know what it means to farm why don't you leave the nature in my hands I'm a farmer I know when it should rain I know when there should be sunlight I know when there should be wind I know what everything you don't know because you're just a hunter and you a crazy athetic you definitely not a good farmer the wrong times it's raining at wrong times things are happening you leave it to me sha was one of those moods he said okay nature is in your hands then the farm of land his crop planted a maze crop [Music] rain poke the land and see okay it's soaked up to 6 in stop then plow it plant it wait for 2 days rain sunlight today I'm working in the field [Applause] Cloud so everything just happened the way he wanted a beautiful maze crop came he was overjoyed see it's good nature should be in Farmer's hands and then when the time to harvest came he wanted to see because none of the birds were coming he was surprised because that also he said no birds no birds then he went and open and saw nice big everything but you open and saw no grain inside then he thought what the hell is this what did I do wrong then he couldn't figure out because rain water Sunshine everything he managed properly then again he went back to Shiva but he was in this condition he waited for many years for him to open his eyes by the time his you know these many years the fields and the family everything went to but he wanted to know the answer what went wrong his farmer first then when Shiva opened his eyes he asked I did everything right but there is no grain did you sabotage my crop sha said I've been watching you were doing you were in charge so I didn't want to interfere the rain was great the sunshine was great everything was fine but you stopped all the winds I used to always send Fierce winds which would threaten your crop but because the plants felt pushed and threatened they put their Roots deeper into the Earth so grain happened now you have great maze crop no maze so various situations in your life either you can use it to make yourself stronger and better or you can sit and cry this is the choice you have everything it doesn't matter what happens the most horrific event happened in your life that also can be used for your growth and your well-being if only if you have clearly seen the small events of your life when I say small events I mean your business your marriage your children all those big things all these things are just a stepping stone this is not new to you because in this culture they put this into you for centuries for millenniums they told you your life is about MTI your marriage your business your social life these are all just means to get there either you go with it or you go without it but whether you are a syasi or you're in the samsara your only goal is MTI yes the goal was not just for the syasi for everybody it is MTI if you can walk alone you walk alone you want party going with you you walk with the party that's your choice you want to get there quick you walk along you want to go there having picnic on the way slowly you go with people choice is yours but the important thing is whatever the hell you're doing there's only one goal so if you have set this up then all the events of life everything is beneficial the Boom is beneficial the Meltdown is even more beneficial actually it is also ecologically very good you know the Meltdown so the fear of failure failure is bad enough fear is adding spice to it isn't it success happens to you not because you desire it because you earn it everybody desires it it comes only if you're capable of it