Why Do You Feel Empty?

Hi,

This is Yogesh Chhabra here and so many times people come to me during our seminars,

During our one-on-one programs,

Our coaching and they speak to me and they tell me,

Yogesh,

I have this feeling of emptiness within.

What should I do?

And maybe some of you watching this or listening to this might be experiencing something similar.

You might be feeling this feeling of emptiness and throughout the world this feeling of emptiness has been growing and there's a very interesting reason for this and I'll make it very simple for you.

Imagine you're a child.

I'm sure you might have been a child at one time and imagine you're a young child and as a child you want to ride a cycle,

You want to have your own cycle,

You want to buy your cycle,

You want to get a cycle,

A bicycle and now in your head you've created this beautiful fantasy about how beautiful it is to have a cycle.

You might have visualized a color for yourself,

The shape and after some time probably your parents gift it to you or you get it on your birthday,

Somebody gifts it to you,

You get it on Christmas,

Maybe Santa gifts it to you and you get the cycle and you're super excited,

You're jumping with joy,

You're happy,

You ride it.

In the beginning you have these side wheels and you practice and you practice and after some time maybe with help from your father or your mother or your friend or a sibling you end up learning to ride the cycle without those side wheels and you're enjoying it,

You're feeling the breeze and it is such a beautiful feeling but one fine day you decide that having a cycle is just a normal thing,

Almost every kid has a cycle and there's nothing special about having a cycle.

It's usual,

You're okay with a cycle but wouldn't it be amazing to have a bike,

A motorbike.

A motorbike would have a lot more power,

You could go longer distances,

Probably you're a teenager now and after some time probably you work,

Whatever you do after some time you manage to get yourself a nice motorbike and you're excited again,

You're happy,

You ride your motorbike,

You travel on your motorbike and it's a lot of fun but again after some time the thrill of having a motorbike wears off and you know so many people have a motorbike,

There's nothing special about having a motorbike,

You visualise and you imagine what if I had a car,

A car would be so much better,

I wouldn't get wet in the rain,

I wouldn't feel hot,

I wouldn't feel cold,

It would have air conditioning,

It would have a heater and after some time you work,

Whatever you do,

You end up buying yourself a car and again when you buy your car you're excited,

You're happy but again after some time what happens,

The same thing that happened with the bike,

The same thing that happened with the cycle and now there's nothing special about the car,

There's nothing exciting of the car and you start making more and more and more and more visions in your head and you try to chase those visions,

It could be a bigger car,

It could be a jet plane,

It could be a helicopter,

It could be flying on a plane,

Whatever it is,

It could be a handbag and this is the journey of almost everybody,

So you think when you become a famous movie star you'll be happy,

When you become a famous dancer,

A singer,

An artist,

An architect,

A doctor,

An engineer,

A CEO,

A president,

A prime minister,

Whatever it is,

A mathematician,

A scientist,

An artist,

You will feel happy,

You will feel satisfied,

When you become rich you'll feel happy,

You'll feel satisfied,

You'll feel fulfilled but you become all these things but still within you don't feel fulfilled,

In fact the feeling of emptiness grows and grows and grows and you want more and more and more of the same thing but you know in the end that emptiness grows but now instead of fighting this feeling the first thing is become grateful because the moment you become grateful you unlock energy within you,

You unlock possibility within you,

So this feeling of emptiness which you are facing,

Which you are feeling,

The first thing is become grateful for this feeling because this feeling is actually a beautiful signalling mechanism,

It is like when you drive a car and the fuel goes low and it beeps,

It gives you a signal,

You need to be grateful,

You don't go and smash that signalling mechanism,

You need to fill fuel,

Similarly when you feel empty it is a beautiful signalling mechanism telling you that you need to go on a different journey,

On a different adventure and what is that journey you need to go on,

The journey you need to go on is a journey within,

A journey within yourself because only when you tap into your within you will realise you are already complete,

You are already fulfilled but that journey I can't take it for you,

No amount of books,

No amount of listening to anybody,

To me,

To anybody is going to make that journey possible,

What you need to do is tap into your within,

Go within yourself because as they say happiness is within you,

Everything is within you,

All you need to do is take that journey within,

There's so many beautiful techniques,

There's meditation,

There's so many things you could do but the moment you feel empty you need to realise that the external will never fulfil you,

The external will never take away this feeling of emptiness because in fact the more you stimulate yourself on the external the more you realise that feeling of emptiness doesn't go,

In fact this feeling of emptiness grows and grows and grows but the moment you go within you feel so free,

You realise so much more and I want you to take this journey on within,

Best of luck,

Enjoy this journey,

It's a beautiful journey and I shall see you soon.