The problem is most people's idea for mystic is the Sivakasi calendar.
If you see Gautam Buddha always working with the kings,
Unless the one who rules transforms himself,
There will be no benefit for the people.
So this is a question we were sent and the context of this question as I understand is that previously our understanding of gurus or mystics were individuals who meditated and were in penance in forests who were not attached to… I mean who were not attached or concerned with businesses.
So a question we were sent is that now we see a lot of mystic individuals who have huge foundations,
Who have companies,
Some of whom who have gone into production of foods and soaps.
So the question here is that is this… Sadhguru So toothpaste,
That's the most problem.
So the question here is that is this a healthy trend that you have individuals who you otherwise identified as individuals devoid of material pleasures or away from material pleasures or away from businesses are now actually turning to them?
Well,
You have not yet managed a business,
Managing a business is definitely not a pleasure.
But I know who is in the focus right now.
See,
I was… I had some kind of a conference in Chennai and somebody came to pick me up and the driver was driving.
He's a regular driver,
He goes behind what is in front of him and it's getting late.
I have a reputation to keep that in these thirty-seven years,
I have not been late to a single event in my life.
Though in one day I may have three,
Four,
Five events,
Still I have not been late to one.
So I want to get there,
This guy is going at his own pace in the traffic.
And I took the wheel and I did some force driving and just made it in time.
The security gate at the hotel,
You know these days they're stopping you,
Opening your bonnet,
Checking your engine and your boot.
So the car in front of me went and the gate opened,
I just went through and they were screaming.
I came into the portico,
Stopped,
Left the car there and ran into the conference.
There was some journalist standing there.
After I finished the thing and I came back,
They said,
In ancient times yogis used to walk,
You drive your own car,
What kind of a yogi are you?
Then I said,
You idiot,
In ancient times everybody was walking,
Not just the yogis.
So… So mistakes keep with the times.
Huh?
So mistakes keep with the times.
Oh,
They were always contemporary.
The problem… the problem is most people's idea of a mystic is the Sivakasi calendar,
Where one man is sitting under the tree with a constipated look on his face.
That is a calendar art,
That is not a mysticism,
All right?
The mystics of the day,
Well,
Look at anybody.
If you call Krishna a mystic,
He was working with the kings all the time because he wanted to transform the political system.
If you see Gautam Buddha,
Always working with the kings because he wants to transform the political system.
Without transforming the political system,
People will not benefit.
So always,
The gurus were always around the kings,
Not because of their palaces,
Because of their concern,
Unless the one who rules transforms himself,
There will be no benefit for the people.
The country will not change.
