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INNER CHANGE: 5 of Sadhguru’s lessons every Millennial can relate to

I am a Millennial. I am impatient, ambitious and driven by the gut. I am in my early twenties. And I feel like a lost fish, just swimming in circles. I am in a current of turbulent waters, and I know there’s a calm ocean somewhere. Only I can’t seem to find it.

It’s natural to feel cluttered


We are in chaos, after all. You see, the problem with us Millennials is that we are too informed. We are socially engaged. We take part in conversations. And we don’t know how to un-fragment our thoughts and emotions—in regard to the outside world or within us.

On one of my bluest days, I opened YouTube in search of some support. I found Sadhguru, an Indian mystic talking on video about something called ‘inner change.’ And my interest was instantly piqued. His thoughts are so logical and simple that they speak to any age or culture. I now listen to his lectures every night before bed, and they make a massive difference in how I end my day.

On that note, I decided to share these five lessons from his teachings that every Millennial should understand.

Fixing yourself is the key


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As today’s youth, we desire a revolution. We want the world to change for the better—but we expect everyone else but us to change.

When you say, “I want to change you,” it is not the beginning of a revolution. But when you say, “I am willing to change,” that’s the start of a revolution, says Sadhguru. And at this moment, rather than the next, we must pause and ask ourselves, “What quality in me would I like to change today?”

When you work on making a difference within yourself, you also deserve the focus and attention. Love yourself. Focus on yourself and change yourself for the better.

Unplug and plug in again!


When your computer starts to act weird, you unplug it and plug it in again, hoping it will recover from the issues it was facing. And we have a similar option—we can unplug and motivate ourselves again when we lose that spark.

We human beings exist on three different planes— memory, present experience and imagination, Sadhguru says. My initial thought was, how are they mutually exclusive? And, if you are a pragmatic person, you’d think the same. However, as I continued to listen, the mystic explained how we live in the ‘richness of our memory,’ the ‘essence of our present experience,’ and the ‘imagination of a better tomorrow.’

We often mix these up, because we lack the discipline of faculty. We don’t know how to use the three basic faculties we have in our minds, so we often tend to intermingle them, which makes us suffer. “If you suffer from your inside faculties, how can you expect external motivation?” Sadhguru asks.

When you want to re-motivate yourself—unplug! Get out of your social world for a bit and close your eyes. Learn how to know yourself: who you were, who you are now and what your future self might be like. Ten minutes of focus each day will take you a long way. 

There’s no such thing as work-life balance


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As you near the ages of 23 to 25, you begin to recognize the all-dreaded term ‘work-life’ balance. You slowly begin to indulge more in work, work uneven hours and miss out on personal things in life. Although companies nowadays ensure that we have a proper work-life balance, every working Millennial still, at some point, feels that they don’t have the right balance between the personal and the professional. I did, too.

Sadhguru doesn’t agree. He says, why crave balance when you can find it yourself? If you know how to discipline your mind, you have achieved balance. If you know how to rejuvenate yourself for a few minutes every other hour, find the right time to log out, and communicate with your peers about life events you don’t want to miss, you’re halfway there. You have achieved your work-life balance. 

Money shouldn’t be the end goal


Sadhguru sums it all up in a sentence, “Money should not be your end goal. Money is just a consequence of your success.” We are hard-working, ambitious and driven, and with these three key factors comes the inevitable drive to earn. In the race of winning, we lose focus as to what our end goal should be—money or growth?

Are you in a job that you love? Do you enjoy going to work every day? Then you are creating value. Continue to grow, to learn, to create meaning through your work, and money will follow. Remember the mantra—we live for joy and nothing else.

Make a life, not a living


What’s precious to you? When you don’t know what makes you happy, you are forever in pursuit. As Sadhguru has pointed out, it’s best to do something because you want to ‘make a life’ out of it. Don’t just make a living and serve your daily routine. Do something as though you want to make a life out of it, and you’ll be happy.

These lessons could seem hard to implement, but when you make a conscious effort to stay positive and practice them even for a day, you will already be doing much better than yesterday.

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