The Power of Being Alone | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

he said it's better to walk alone than to walk with a fool if you want consciously you can evolve in this evening there is no limit as to how a human being can become this is something that every human being must do then coming together will be hugely rewarding [Music] when gautama the buddha was asked is it better to walk alone or in company he said it's better to walk alone than to walk with a fool well that's him not me he was quite sure that only a fool will walk with you so he said it's better to walk alone than to walk with the fool certain lore in this country says when you want to do a short and quick journey walk alone when you want to do a long journey walk in company but the important thing is who is walking with you not always being together is a good thing many times being together can be a nuisance so first and foremost unless you are a twin even then we come along and we go along if one does not know how to be by himself or herself then being together can be a lot of nuisance we are referred to as human beings human beings means every other creature is what it is simply because of what it does [Music] but a human being can simply be which is a unique quality of the human being that we can simply be that we are not compulsive action that's what it means our action is conscious and judicious but generally when people get together generally people are in compulsive action it can be an association where there could be a purposeful action or it can be a gang where there can be more purposeful action or it can be a crowd which can be a compulsive action so essentially to be human means we have reached that point of evolution within ourselves that if we wish we can simply sit here just be we can consider as to what action to take and what not to take this is definitely individual when individuals come together we say it's we in in plural but still it is individuals who have to come together to be an individual means you are not further divisible that means you're just one people find different ways to divide themselves within themselves in india with 18 000 years of cultural history we have invented various words to divide ourselves it's very common for people to talk in terms of atma paramatma ankara this one and that one but every every culture has this in their own way when things are going right when good things are being done if you ask people they say yes i did it when things don't go right when things go wrong then they will try to find somebody if they don't find anybody he is always there when they are very wonderful of course they take pride in being how wonderful they are when they turn nasty they say it was my ego mr ego is always a fall guy so individual means by if i'm wonderful it's me if i'm nasty it's me all of you are you 24 hours wonderful hello are you 24 hours wonderful no no sometimes wonderful sometimes nasty sometimes beautiful sometimes ugly it's okay if we understand it is me who is capable of being absolutely wonderful and it is me who is capable of being absolutely nasty another moment then gradually the number of moments of nastiness will keep on receding if i see what is wonderful is me what is nasty's in india we have many words it's my karma what can i do now you must fix this being an individual is very important that means you're not further divisible if i'm wonderful it's me if i'm nasty it's me if i succeed it's me if i fail it's me you have to fix this i'm just asking you a simple question within this how many people hello how many people within you one two only one if you're one your normal human being if you're more than one you're either schizophrenic or you're possessed you either neither need a psychiatrist or an exorcist but you will see whenever things don't go right another guy will pop up from somewhere so becoming an individual means you killed all those pop-ups and just said this is me this what is me has many dimensions if i don't see this is an individual i cannot divide this further then transformation will not happen if transformation does not happen if people come together in that state there will be more mess than solutions all creatures hang out together whether it is various wild creatures most of them hang out together even monkeys who are just one step behind us they are also in bunches it is only human being who can sit alone and transform himself or herself because this is the prerogative of being human that we can simply be this is why you're called human being you're capable of being you're not in a compulsive state of activity if you want consciously you can evolve in this evening you can evolve if you're willing it doesn't take a million years because our evolution is not biological anymore our evolution is conscious for every other creature it is fixed nature has fixed two lines within which every other creature lives and goes but once you have come as a human being there is only bottom line there is no top line there is no limit as to how a human being can become so before we associate ourselves with people it'll be good every day in the morning or a certain period of your life if one withdraws to spend a little time with oneself and see how in what ways can this be little better than the way it was yesterday this life how it can be a little better life than what it was yesterday because most people are coming together for their needs to fulfill needs people come together some people come together to fulfill a purpose or a course some people come together to eat drink and be together because they cannot be alone this is something that every human being must do a certain period of time you do one thing just 24 hours take a break from everything not today right now you're among people you take a break sometime just 24 hours and don't read don't watch television don't use a phone simply sit in your room alert not sleeping and if you watch the nature of your mind you yourself will certify this is a madman because for most people their mind cannot stay on any one thing unless they're in activity simply they cannot be here in compulsive state of psychological activity is on when you are like this you cannot be that means you cannot be a human being being has to happen only then togetherness will be very rich if you know how to be by yourself then coming together will be hugely rewarding and of tremendous value that means we came together consciously [Music] you