16 Wellbeing
Before individuals step out towards external accomplishments, they must arrive at a sense of inner wellbeing. It is only in this that individual human beings can go beyond personal ambition and strive for a larger vision. This is of utmost importance now, because for the very first time, we as a generation have reached a place where we have all the necessary resources, capability and technology to address every human problem on the planet. Only an inclusive consciousness is missing. If there is no sense of inclusiveness in individual human beings, there is no way that the systems they create or actions they perform will lead to inclusiveness. If individuals do not experience this inclusiveness, they end up creating very exclusive processes. It is exclusiveness which has rendered the world unjust and inhuman. Yoga and spirituality are about living here in an all-inclusive way, experiencing everything as a part of yourself – knowing and experiencing life as life, not as individual personalities. At the same time, they hugely equip the individual to be more efficient, more capable, more balanced and in turn more productive. This is good for the world. Education UAE: Your teachings emphasise the importance of inner well-being. How can parents and teachers ensure that students excel academically while also growing emotionally and spiritually? Sadhguru: First of all, we must understand that every human being is not necessarily suited for academic education. Pushing everyone through the extruder of academics is a most cruel way of handling a child. “Hardship need not become suffering. Suffering is an unfortunate consequence that a whole lot of human beings create because they have no control over their psychological space.”
“Just grades will not manifest as success. In body and mind, your child should develop their full capabilities.”
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