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00:00So the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi about the non-violence and also the Indian early system
00:04how it will impactful over the revolution of one thing he was very clear not just politics not
00:12just in public life but even in personal life there must be a strong inner center for him
00:19politics and religion were inseparable but religion in the sense of essential religiousness
00:26he was saying I oppose the British because they are unfair it's not just about political power
00:37changing hands one always has a choice don't you exercise that choice often we all do right
00:44in spite of knowing what you are restless without knowing the restlessness Gandhi challenged the
00:53biggest colonial force in the history of mankind
00:57so as you said the revolution should start from the inner side and real freedom is the freedom
01:13of our ego and we have to change the external outside so as today we are remembering Mahatma
01:18Gandhi on his death anniversary so the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi about the non-violence and
01:24also the Indian early system how it will impactful over the revolution and war type situation in
01:31Iran and also from decades we are seen in many countries that type of situation how the legacy
01:37of Mahatma Gandhi should help
01:38Where do I start?
01:48You see since I have to start from somewhere so I will pick up this point Gandhiji had a
02:00very strong inner moral locus you remember why he left the congress in terms of
02:18its formal membership and decided to devote close to the last almost one and a half decades
02:28of his life to national reform national reform in the interiors because he was very clear
02:37that unless the grass root is improving no superstructure can be beneficial whatever be his limitations
02:55or his definitions of of righteousness or morality of one thing he was very clear
03:06not just politics not just in public life but even in personal life
03:17there must be a strong inner centre and it was for this reason that he wanted politics to
03:25have a religious basis for him politics and religion were inseparable religion not in the sense
03:35of a sectarian path but religion in the sense of essential religiousness essential virtue itself he wanted
03:50to get these to be inseparable life and virtue and that's what you need to understand every action whether
04:01in your personal or public life must come from that inner point of virtue and that point has to be accessed
04:18it has to be invoked one has to listen to it one has to go to it one has to attend to it one always has a choice
04:31to know what is right and still not do what is right
04:40don't you exercise that choice often we all do right in spite of knowing what to our best sense appears as right we still override it we still deny it
05:08in Gandhi's politics that was inadmissible not just in his politics you could say in his philosophy
05:15you could say in his philosophy so that internal centre must be strong and must be allowed to rule and from there you can challenge
05:36you can challenge whatever external systems need to be challenged
05:43Gandhi challenged the biggest colonial force in the history of mankind
05:55the force the empire that Gandhi challenged was mightier than the regime of the czar or that of the Chinese authoritarians or that of the French rulers
06:22the British Empire itself right but the aims were not just political when it comes to Gandhi
06:32nor was the centre of challenge just political he was saying I oppose the British because they are unfair
06:50it's not just political power changing hands what I am challenging is a principle and what is the principle that I am challenging that might is right that you get the authority to rule because you have the capacity to inflict violence
07:18I deny to accept that you get the license to rule just because you have the license to rule just because you have the capacity to inflict violence on me
07:35I will not accept this jungle law kind of thing might is right
07:41do you see this
07:46is it only because I do not feel right that I oppose something or is it because I see where the fundamental problem is
08:03one has to go to the fundamentals itself and figure out where the problem is
08:10one has to go to the fundamentals itself and figure out where the problem is
08:11in this context I must refer to a phrase that you used in your question
08:17you said freedom of the ego
08:21freedom of the ego
08:24freedom of the ego
08:25no no no
08:26most revolutions want exactly that freedom of the ego or freedom for the ego
08:32and that's why revolutions fail
08:36politically they might appear to succeed for one generation
08:42but inwardly
08:44they all fail
08:46what we need is not freedom
08:50of the ego or freedom for the ego
08:53we need freedom from the ego
08:55the ego
08:59the ego is fed up of itself
09:02it needs and deserves freedom from itself
09:07and that will be the real revolution
09:11that will be the mother of all revolutions
09:14you cannot even imagine
09:19the kind
09:21of changes that ensue from there
09:28the very foundation has changed
09:32what in the old building will now stay intact
09:38the ego is the foundation of all life structures we have built
09:45familial
09:47familial
09:48social
09:49religious
09:50political
09:51international
09:52all structures that the human being has built
09:56are on the foundation of the unseen
10:01unexamined
10:02untested ego
10:04once the foundation itself changes
10:09tell me what in that old building will stay intact
10:13please tell me
10:14anything
10:15that will be the real revolution
10:18but the ego does not want total revolutions
10:23it wants revolutions of the superficial kind
10:29just scratch the surface
10:33there is a certain pleasure in itching
10:37that's the pleasure of superficial revolutions
10:42I am in no way being disrespectful
10:45to the hundreds possibly thousands
10:49that have perished recently in Iran
10:52I am not being disrespectful to them
10:56on the contrary what I am saying is
10:58that let's ensure
11:00that their contribution and mightyendom
11:03does not go waste
11:07young men
11:09young women
11:10have laid down their lives
11:12so that something truly changes
11:15they haven't chosen to die
11:18so that
11:19you get
11:21another system
11:23with a different name
11:25with a different architecture
11:27with a different colour
11:28with a different constitution
11:31but the same foundation
11:33those young people haven't died for that
11:37and if on the same foundation
11:40you erect another system
11:43then within one generation
11:46you will find you need to have another revolution
11:4979 and 26
11:53how much is that?
11:54just 47 years
11:56just 47 years
12:03within 47 years
12:05the revolution
12:06the revolution
12:11how long did the Soviet Union last?
12:13how long did the Soviet Union last?
12:19how long did unified Pakistan last?
12:21we need something
12:34built on a stronger foundation
12:38philosophically the way it is put is
12:44truth is timeless
12:46timeless
12:47and only in timelessness is there peace
12:51if you want something
12:56that lasts and lasts peacefully
13:00let it be founded on the truth
13:03and what is truth?
13:05not some principle
13:06not some statement
13:07not some slogan
13:08not some slogan
13:10the ego
13:13the ego
13:14summoning the honesty
13:15and the courage
13:17to confront its true nature
13:20is the truth
13:23nothing fancy
13:24nothing complicated
13:25just self-knowledge
13:27just self-knowledge
13:28self-exploration
13:43might be a
13:44we need to be louder
13:45maybe
13:49hello
13:52the mic is fine
13:54so you mentioned previously
13:56that's how
13:57that's how revolutions happen
14:00you see
14:01this revolution
14:02was about exchanging
14:03this system
14:04with that system
14:05without
14:06the speaker realizing
14:08that changing systems
14:09will not
14:10help
14:13so you mentioned previously
14:15that self-exploration
14:17might be a way
14:18to solve
14:19or
14:20this
14:21restlessness
14:22so
14:23how can this
14:24self-exploration
14:25can mitigate
14:26the
14:27restlessness
14:28within ourselves
14:29the question is
14:30sir
14:31you are talking
14:32of self-exploration
14:33how will this
14:34self-exploration
14:35help
14:36how will this
14:37reduce
14:38the inner restlessness
14:39that one feels
14:40as a young person
14:41let's say
14:42there is restlessness
14:46and that's an experience
14:48that's an experience
14:50right
14:51you experience restlessness
14:52is experiencing
14:55something
14:56the same
14:57as knowing it
15:01the question for you
15:02please tell me
15:03the question
15:04is experience
15:06the same
15:07as knowledge
15:10you experience
15:11headache
15:12does that
15:13mean that you know
15:14what it is
15:15and where it's coming from
15:17you also experience
15:18dreams
15:19does that
15:20mean you know
15:21what's going on
15:22please tell me
15:24you probably wrote the J
15:29you probably keep writing
15:30several exams
15:32periodically in the campus
15:34and even when
15:37you are finalizing
15:40on a flawed answer
15:42in the answer sheet
15:43at that moment
15:45don't you experience
15:46that what you are submitting
15:50is right
15:51that's your experience
15:52right
15:53this was the problem
15:54in the question paper
15:56and I have solved it fully
15:58that's your experience
16:00but does that mean that you know
16:03what you have done
16:04no
16:05it is only
16:07when you are tested
16:11that the fact is revealed
16:14right
16:15and then it comes
16:16sometimes as a shock
16:17I thought it was 20 on 20
16:21and what I get is 2 on 20
16:23so that's the problem
16:29you are restless
16:31without knowing
16:32the restlessness
16:34you are restless
16:36without even knowing
16:38who is restless
16:40but because
16:43the restlessness
16:44underlies everything
16:49that you do
16:50and every experience
16:52you have
16:53therefore
16:54restlessness
16:56restlessness
16:57has become
16:58so common
16:59it feels normal
17:00it is always there
17:03just the name changes
17:05sometimes in the form
17:07of envy
17:08sometimes fear
17:09sometimes ambition
17:10sometimes love
17:11sometimes insecurity
17:13sometimes hope
17:16but the restlessness continues
17:20like background noise
17:24white noise
17:28and it has been there since birth
17:31therefore it gets normalized
17:34so we don't enquire
17:36when something is normal
17:37why would enquire?
17:39one enquires into abnormality
17:42something is normal
17:44why would one enquire?
17:46therefore we experience
17:49restlessness
17:50but we don't know it
17:54we don't know the Restless One
17:56we don't know the Ego
17:58and how to know the Ego
18:00and first of all
18:02why to know the Ego
18:03because the Ego
18:04is the centre
18:05the driver of all our decisions
18:07all our relationships
18:08all our efforts
18:10the Ego decides
18:12what we are going to do next
18:14the Ego does not stand
18:15for vanity
18:16or pride
18:17or something
18:18just casually negative
18:20the Ego
18:21in philosophical sense
18:23refers to the very I feeling
18:25the I Am-ness
18:29the sense that I exist
18:31it is this feeling
18:34this sense
18:35that drives our entire life
18:37does it not?
18:38it is at the centre of everything
18:40that you stand for
18:42and work for
18:43therefore it is important
18:47to know who your driver is
18:49right?
18:53and the driver
18:55to top it
18:56is restless
18:57makes it doubly necessary
18:59to know who the driver is
19:01but we don't know
19:05we just
19:06obey our internal dictates
19:09oh I am feeling like
19:11eating something spicy
19:13now we don't know where the feeling comes from
19:15we don't know what the feeling is trying to hide
19:17we don't know what the feeling is substitute for
19:25I have fallen in love
19:26we don't know where
19:27this thing called love is coming from
19:29we don't even know
19:30whether we know what love truly is
19:34I like it
19:36and once you say I like it
19:37you put the force of your entire personality
19:40your whole being behind it
19:41don't you?
19:42I will go after this because I want to
19:46you are investing tremendously
19:52in the decisions of the ego
19:54and if you are investing so much
19:56at some place
19:57don't you deserve to know
19:59what that place is like?
20:00asking you
20:02when you invest even a modest amount
20:06in some particular script
20:09on the stock exchange
20:11it is advised
20:12that you first study the fundamentals of that company
20:16is it not advised?
20:18you are going to invest your money there
20:19you must know where you are putting your money
20:22but you are putting all your life
20:24all your money
20:25all your feelings
20:26everything that you have
20:27your entire duration as a human being
20:31you are putting it in the service of the ego
20:33without knowing what this thing called the ego is
20:35therefore you need to know the ego
20:37you need to know the ego
20:38it is that important
20:43now how to know it?
20:46the way is simple
20:47because the ego is everything
20:49so it shows up in everything
20:51because the ego is behind everything
20:55that you do
20:57therefore the ego shows up in everything that you do
21:00therefore look at your actions, your thoughts, your feelings, your decisions, your relationships
21:06just look at them
21:10and you will know where they are coming from
21:12and the requirement is honesty
21:17there is no other way or method
21:19if you are asking for one
21:20no
21:21honesty is the way
21:26right?
21:29you had decided you would go out
21:32for a movie with a friend
21:34at night
21:37in the evening
21:39results of a particular paper are declared
21:43and you find your friend
21:46has scored much better than you
21:50something raises its head within
21:569pm show
21:588.30pm you call up your friend and say
22:01I am not feeling like watching a movie tonight
22:05just not feeling
22:06he says
22:07what happened?
22:08nothing nothing just not feeling
22:09a little you know
22:11some stomach upset
22:14a little bit in the head
22:16something
22:19and you convince your friend
22:21and that's not the problem
22:23the problem is you convince yourself as well
22:26you convince yourself as well that you have
22:29some legitimate reason to not watch that movie with your friend
22:35whereas if you are honest enough you will know that it's sheer jealousy
22:39afternoon you are all set
22:48to go out
22:50and watch the movie
22:51with your friend
22:54couple of hours later
22:56you got to know
22:58what you got is 35%
23:00your friend got 65%
23:03same paper
23:04same kind of preparation
23:05and something
23:10made you feel bitter in the mouth
23:16no you don't want to admit what that thing really is
23:21because admitting it would make you feel indignified
23:25you don't want to admit that you are just jealous of your own friend
23:28so you would simply say no no no
23:33I have an assignment to complete
23:36there is a bit of headache
23:40or something else
23:41somebody told me the movie is super bore
23:44so let's drop it
23:47the ego is everywhere
23:52when you say how do I detect the ways of the ego
23:58the question is
24:00how do you avoid detecting the ways of the ego when the ego is everywhere
24:06it is to be seen in everything
24:09the way you dress up
24:11the way you choose your company
24:14the way you choose to spend your time
24:16the way you make your life decisions
24:18the way you make your career choices
24:19the way you make your choices
24:25the ego is everywhere
24:27you simply have to
24:29honestly acknowledge
24:31the center
24:33everything is coming from
24:35you
24:49you
24:50you
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