Shega Kapoor: Since I have this opportunity to interview you, I know people will say, "So why not ask how to eliminate stress?" Does we have a definition of stress?
Sadhguru : When I first arrived in the United States a few years ago, people were talking about "stress management" no matter where they went. I don't understand because in my opinion, we manage things that are very precious to us - our career, family, money, wealth, children. Why do some people manage stress? It took me a while before I realized that people have classified stress as part of their lives.
Manage yourself, not manage stress
Stress is not a part of life. If you don't have the ability to control your system, you will feel stressed. The stress is not caused by the nature of your work. The Prime Minister is complaining about pressure, and hard worker is complaining about pressure. Everyone is saying that they are under a lot of pressure on their jobs. Those who don’t have jobs also feel that their situation is under a lot of pressure. So, you are enduring your work - would you be happy if you were fired?
Shega Kapoor: won't.
Sadhguru: So it is obvious that stress is not brought by work, right? It’s because you don’t know how to manage your body, mind, emotions, energy, chemical reactions—you can’t manage anything. You are operating unconsciously by chance, so you feel stressed when doing anything. If you drive a car, if you turn the steering wheel in one direction and the car is moving in the opposite direction, you will be under pressure, right?
Shega Kapoor: Yes.
Sadhguru: Now, you are driving such a machine. You know nothing about it, just experience life by chance, stumble – so you feel stressed. There is pressure, not because of the activities you are engaged in, nor because of the living environment you are in. There is pressure just because you don't know how to manage your system. What makes one person feel stressed can be done easily by another person - is that true?
Shega Kapoor: is indeed the case.
Change the mood of life
Sadhguru: So, there is pressure because you do not have the ability to manage your inner environment, not the external environment. In essence, the change and transformation of our quality of life is not because we have changed the content of our lives, but because we have changed the state of mind in our lives. If someone lives a wonderful life, it doesn't mean he is doing something different. When he wakes up in the morning, he also has to go to the bathroom, brush his teeth, and do the same thing as you. But his life is as wonderful as magic because of his state of mind.
This is what happens when one person falls in love with another. When people fall into love, everything will become different because the inner environment of their lives has changed. But once one of them comes out of love, the inner environment of their lives will change again, and they will be in pain. It may be unlikely to change the content of your life as you wish, because the external environment you exist must allow you to change, but changing your mind is something you can do according to your own will. You don't need anyone's permission. This is completely independent of the external environment.
One day, three people worked in the same place. Another person passed by here and asked the first person, "What are you doing here?" The first person raised his head and said, "Are you blind? Can't you see me cutting stones?" The person went to ask the second person, "What are you doing here?" The person raised his head and said, "I'm doing something that can fill my stomach. I'm here, and I'm here, I do whatever they ask me to do. I just need to fill my stomach." The person asked the third person, "What are you doing here?" The person stood up and was very happy and said, "I'm building a very beautiful temple here!" These three people were doing the same, but they had a huge difference in their experience of what they did.
Everyone can use one of the three states of mind to do things at every moment of his life - this will determine his quality of life. The quality of life is not determined by what he does. One thing is simple or complicated, and it won't change the quality of your life. What changes your quality of life is your state of mind when doing things.
(Source:)
Source ∣Pingtang County Public Security Bureau
First Instance ∣Stone Qian
Second trial∣Fu Weiling
Third trial∣Li Xiaolin
Coordination∣Li Xiaolin
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