There is room and scope for improvement.
Relentlessly improve.
Let's see where it gets you.
Everybody is calling somebody enlightened compared to themselves.
You may be wonderful,
But you are not loyal to your wonderfulness.
I am not pursuing enlightenment with 100% sincerity because at some level I am not convinced that this is going to happen in this lifetime given my limitations.
How do I overcome this mental setup that I have?
Have you seen people coming close to this possibility and what are my chances?
Don't pursue enlightenment.
You cannot pursue enlightenment.
How can you pursue something that you do not know?
If you pursue something,
You will pursue only what you know.
What is the point pursuing something that you already know?
What is the point in running after something that you already know?
So if you have to step into something that you do not know,
The only thing is just to keep walking.
Keep a steady direction and keep walking.
Maybe it's a wrong direction,
It doesn't matter,
Just keep walking.
After all,
Planet is round.
Inevitably,
If you keep walking and keep straight walking,
Not round and round,
If you just keep straight walking,
You will inevitably get somewhere.
Nobody can take it away from you.
You know,
If you have a dog at home,
You would know this.
If you just tickle him in the tail,
He will go shhh,
Chasing his own tail.
Okay,
Lot of people are doing that.
Their own tail they're chasing,
Even enlightenment is their own tail.
Nobody told you there is such a thing.
But definitely you can see,
From one person to another person,
One person seems to be little better off simply the way they are,
Not because of their money,
Not because of their wealth,
Not because of their qualifications.
Simply the way they sit and stand,
Somebody seems to be better off than somebody else.
Yes or no?
So,
There is room and scope for improvement.
Relentlessly improve,
Let's see where it gets you.
But if you have fancy ideas of what is enlightenment,
Then you will chase that silly idea and that idea is never enlightenment,
Because it's your idea.
You cannot have an idea about something that you have no access to,
Isn't it?
All your ideas,
Concern,
Things that you already know,
May be permutations and combinations of the same damn thing.
It's like God,
Because you're human.
God is a big human being,
Isn't it?
We are little more liberal,
So we made animals,
Birds,
Snakes,
Everything,
Elephants,
Cows,
Everything gods,
Because we understand,
After all,
They can have their own gods.
But if you're very dogmatic and rigid,
You think no,
God is a human being,
Not to a man.
And that too he has blonde hair.
That's a very rigid dogmatic idea.
People who lived in other parts of the world never could imagine a blonde haired god.
They just cannot.
Can you?
I'm sure African gods have crinky hair,
Indian gods have jet black hair,
Something.
So,
It's our idea.
Our ideas,
No matter what we do,
Only comes from what we already know.
It cannot be anything else.
So do not think up enlightenment.
You will just make a fool of yourself going round and round.
If you become an absolutely,
Absolutely,
That means unconditionally wonderful human being,
You don't worry whether you're enlightened or not.
Other people will,
If they want,
They will say,
Oh,
He's enlightened compared to me.
Everybody is calling somebody enlightened compared to themselves.
Look at me how I am,
Look at him how he is,
He must be enlightened.
But there is no one benchmark out there,
This is enlightenment.
Everybody is wonderful when things around them are properly arranged for them,
The way they want,
The way you want.
When everybody behaves the way you want,
You are also wonderful.
When people don't behave the way you want,
When life doesn't work the way you want,
Then to be wonderful it takes something else.
So when everything is going dead wrong with your life,
With your family,
With your profession,
With your life,
Everything around you,
If you're still wonderful,
For now let us say you're enlightened.
All right?
If you must set a benchmark,
But something wonderful happened,
Something so wonderful that nothing could affect that wonderfulness.
Other people say it's enlightenment,
You never say.
I'm pursuing enlightenment means one day you're going to declare yourself I'm enlightened,
Then everybody will know you're a nutcase.
If others say,
Oh,
He's enlightened,
Good.
You declare I'm enlightened.
This will be a case,
Isn't it?
You may be wonderful,
But you're not loyal to your wonderfulness.
You are joyful,
You are sometimes blissful,
You're even loving,
But not loyal to these qualities.
A beautiful flower throws out fragrance.
The flower is very loyal.
No matter if you pluck it also it's still fragrant,
If the cow eats it also it's fragrant,
If the bee messes around also it's fragrant.
It never got angry and turned into a skunk ever.
But you're not like that,
You're wonderful like this,
If somebody pokes you,
You will become a skunk.
You're not loyal to your wonderfulness.
This happened.
Sivankaran Pillai was running a pet shop and there was a nice dog,
A golden retriever,
A wonderful dog.
Somebody came to buy this grown-up dog.
They asked,
How much?
He said,
Two thousand dollars.
I said,
What?
Two thousand dollars for a dog,
Isn't it too much?
Shankaran Pillai said,
Just look at him,
Isn't he wonderful?
The man looked at it and said,
Yes,
He's a wonderful dog.
He paid the money he was taking,
But he asked,
Is he loyal?
Of course,
He's loyal.
I sold him seven times and he's back in hours.
So are you loyal to your wonderfulness?
This is all you have to do.
Instead of pursuing enlightenment,
Just do this,
Choose any one thing,
I will leave it to you.
Either joy or blissfulness or love or anger or hatred,
You choose whatever you want.
Just be loyal to one thing every moment of your life.
How's that?
You will become enlightened.
The problem right now is of loyalty.
You keep chasing your own tail.
You keep running of course,
But you think you're going somewhere,
You're not going anywhere.
Especially if you're pursuing enlightenment,
You definitely not going anywhere.
Just stay loyal to one quality that you choose.
I won't even tell you be loving,
Be joyful,
Be blissful,
No.
If you like anger,
If you like hatred,
If you like jealousy,
But every moment you must be like that.
That's all.
Your job is done.
Really?
That's all it takes.
No matter what is happening,
Whatever may be happening,
You just be loyal to one quality.
Nishchala tattvam jeevan mukti.
If you're unwavering,
That is all.
Right now the problem is it's going all over the place.
Every moment your loyalty is changing,
Isn't it?
When you sit here,
Yes Sadhguru.
Just one damn thing,
Choose any damn thing.
Just be loyal to that one thing every moment of your life.
It's a done thing.
