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Question: Sadhguru, what is the purpose of life?

Sadhguru: If you were very blissful and ecstatic at this moment, would
you think, What is the purpose of life? No. Only when in some way,
life has become burdensome, these questions arise: To be or not to be?
Is there a good enough purpose for me to exist?
Y our experience of life itself has not become grand and worthwhile

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enough. That is why you are trying to find a meaning. If just sitting here
and breathing was ecstatic for you, you wouldnt ask, What is the purpose
of life? So, before you ask that question, the most important thing is you
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need to learn to enhance this life to its maximum potential. When I say
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life, you dont even know what life is. All you have right now is your
body and mind. Make them as pleasant as you can. Only when your
physical body and mind are in a state of pleasantness, everything in you
works at its best. Y our intelligence works at its best only when you are

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joyful and blissful. If a human being manages to remain in a continual

state of blissfulness, lets say for 24 hours, ones intelligence will double.

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Have you spent a single day in

your life without a moment of
agitation, irritation, anger,
anxiety, or anything like that? In
all these years, have you spent 24
hours just blissfully? Not just you,
almost the whole of humanity has
to answer this question with a

You dont have to

do anything. Just
being alive is
grand enough.

no. If you are not blissful one

day, thats understandable. But not
having been blissful for a single day that means something very
fundamental is wrong. Without understanding the fundamentals of what
this human mechanism is, you are trying to operate it. It is just like you
got into a car, you didnt know what these three pedals were for, and you
kicked any one of them whenever you felt like it. Y ou know what a jerky
driver you would be?

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Right now your wellbeing is that jerky. Y ou know moments of joyfulness,

you know moments of love, you know moments of blissfulness, you know
moments of ecstasy in your life but you are not able to sustain this. It is
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jerky because you are trying to operate your life without understanding
the sophistication of the mechanism you are handling.
So, What is the purpose? This question arises because you have not
experienced the grandeur of existence. Y ou have not experienced the
magnificent nature of your being. That is why you are asking, What is
the purpose? What should I do to make this life meaningful? Y ou dont
have to do anything. If you could sit here for one moment and experience
this, you would know you dont have to do anything. Just being alive is
grand enough.

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