No Time for Yourself?
This excerpt is from the book, Project Bloom, which chronicles the business roundtable meeting with Sadhguru, shares the dialogue from that discussion, and provides case-study examples that demonstrate how meditation can be a powerful tool in business.
“Now, you get up at six o’clock, go to the office, work, come back home, take care of the kids, eat, and till whatever time you go to bed, and you have a busy day. Where is the time for yoga? You have time to eat, to gossip, to work-you have time to take care of everything, but you have no time to take care of yourself.
“This attitude comes about because you try to act like a martyr all the time. I have no time for myself. I am giving totally to everybody. What is it that you are giving? You agitations, irritations, and anxieties are being passed onto children. If you are truly concerned about your children, creating a joyful and loving atmosphere for their growth on a daily basis, moment to moment, is more important.
“If you invest even thirty minutes a day into yoga, you will enhance your capabilities, and you will gain immensely, even in terms of time. The first thing is your sleep quota will come down. If you are sleeping eight hours a day, that means you are just sleeping off one third of your life. If your body and mind are more energized and active, your sleep quota will naturally come down. So if you gain three or four hours a day, just in terms of wakefulness, that is a huge benefit.
“Apart from that, with a simple process of yoga, your body and mind get more organized. You would see that your level of performance becomes such that whatever you are doing in eight hours, you will very easily be able to do it in three or four hours. This is simply because, if you observe yourself throughout the day, you will notice how many unnecessary movements, words, activities are happening in your life.
“If you mind becomes more organized, these unnecessary words and movements will disappear. Once they go away, you feel more energetic and will also have a lot more time. You have twenty-four hours to live each day. If we are organized and focused human beings, we can do plenty in twenty-four hours’ time. If you are disorganized and unfocused, you think there is no time. Most people are not busy; they are just preoccupied. It is just too much preoccupation in the mind. If one makes time and brings yoga into their lives, suddenly the quality of their life will be very different.”
Read more about Project Bloom, or visit www.projectbloom.com.
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