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[et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]A while back you may have come across the Youth & Truth campaign by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. He visited academic institutions across the country for an open discussion and debate with the students. Many of which have generated a lot of controversy owing to disagreements and impetuous questioning of the man by the students.

I found it all quite interesting and I am watching the videos only now – they are a couple of hours long. I find that these younger folks came up with slightly different questions than the usual ones that people ask of Sadhguru. Stuff about LGBTQ in detail, marijuana being legalized, the illuminati ruling the world and so on.

There was also something else about the events that got me thinking. At the start of each event, Sadhguru has mentioned the reason for these events, because a lot of 60 year olds often tell him, “wish we were 20 when we met you. We would have done so many things differently“.

And it struck me, I was about 20 yrs old when I met the Guru. This was about 15 years back. I had never really thought about it until now. At that time when I visited the Isha Foundation ashram, a lot of (older) people there would say that I was lucky to have met him so early on. But I didn’t pay much heed to them – older folks have a way of saying all these seemingly random things to us youngsters.

Anyway, the big deal isn’t just about meeting him, it is about finding a Guru in him. Traditionally, for us Indians, finding a Guru is considered a tremendous happening.

I at that age found a Guru in him. And I then went on to invest quite a bit of my time and effort into yoga and core life-related activities like practising silence, meditation, yoga practices and volunteering. At that time I didn’t know whether this would be valuable and whether the impact would stay with me for long-term. I was just going with the flow.

And as it happened over the next decade and half, I picked up many other activities which have helped me enhance my life, find clarity and balance. These include,

Solo travel: Nothing like getting a healthy dose of solitude and new experiences packaged together.

Blogging: I have sustained the practice of blogging regularly over 10 years. It helps me unwind and refine my thoughts. Gone are those nights where I can’t sleep due to thoughts and ideas jamming my brain. Moreover, this particular blog has helped me get in touch with other urban spiritual seekers and also explore my spiritual thoughts in a  deeper way.

Entrepreneurship: A few mad years of running my own business helps me find balance and resolve in almost all situations. The ups and downs one faces (and learns from) in a startup is often not found in other more stable environs.

With all these growth activities I find myself in a good situation in life and I attribute the start of them to the Guru.

Through the Y&T campaign I got a chance to understand the significance of finding him so early on. And maybe this campaign has been a way for a lot of other 20 year olds to find him and then live their lives a whole lot differently…..

What about you? What was your most significant event when you were in your 20s? Was there any person or situation that has impacted and shaped your life in a deep way? What keeps you balanced and clear about Life?[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column]
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