#1342 - What Inspired You To Work For the Environment

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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At the Global Landscapes Forum, Sadhguru reveals what inspired him to take up massive environmental projects such as Rally for Rivers. He describes his formative experiences with the rivers of India during his youth and discusses what must be done to revitalize the rivers. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Welcome to the podcast,
0:39.3	Sadguru of Mystics and Mistakes.
0:42.3	Sadguru, why do you dedicate so much energy to the environment?
0:51.3	My engagement with rivers and forests of southern India
0:58.0	started very early for me.
1:00.0	When I was eight, nine years of age,
1:02.0	if I got enough money to buy food for three to four days,
1:07.0	I just managed this and disappeared into the jungles by myself.
1:11.6	Well, it was a big concern for those who bore me, but...
1:17.6	About the like that, or?
1:19.6	I just lived in the jungles and...
1:23.6	When I was there, I did not experience this as some kind of nature or natural beauty.
1:29.3	I just saw it as a life larger than myself.
1:32.3	And when I was 17, I floated down Carveri River for 163 kilometers, for 13 days,
1:39.3	beating off the river, living off the river, just on four truck tubes and a few bamboos.
1:45.0	And the river is a life beyond you and me.
1:49.0	People like you and me come and go, but these rivers have been flowing for millions of years,
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