Becoming Seekers of Truth - National Youth Day | Sadhguru

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🗓️ 10 January 2022

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Speaking on National Youth Day, which is celebrated each year on Swami Vivekananda’s birthday, Sadhguru elaborates on the need for the youth of today to become seekers of truth – or in other words seeking that which really works in different dimensions of life. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): http://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: http://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When we say youth, we are talking about a life which is still in the making, which is
0:14.0	still in a state where it is not too conceited and lost, a life which suggests hope, a life
0:24.2	which suggests seeking and wanting and longing to know life and the truth about life.
0:31.6	When I say truth about life, the word truth has been used in so many ways, when we say
0:37.1	truth most people think it's some other worldly stuff.
0:42.8	I want you to look at it this way.
0:46.1	What truly works is truth in any sphere of life.
0:51.9	You want to walk, is it better to walk on your feet, or is it better to use your head
0:57.8	to walk?
0:59.6	You want to walk on your head?
1:01.2	No, you will end up being bald, it's not a good way to walk, feet are better, like this
1:06.6	I'm making it true, simplistic for you, but this is the essence of what truth means.
1:12.0	In different dimensions of life, what is it that really works?
1:18.4	Seeking this is seeking for truth.
1:21.7	This is a culture, we as a nation, this Bharat has been a culture which has always been
1:27.9	a land of seekers, never a land of believers, essentially what this means is this, either
1:35.7	you have assumptions about everything, you have concretized ideas about everything, or
1:42.1	you are willing to seek what is the truth about any aspect of life because you are interested
1:48.4	that it happens in the best possible way.
1:51.5	Now we have a fortune on our hands that nearly 50% of India's population is below 25 years
2:00.0	of age, no nation on the planet has this fortune right now, but to make this into your
2:06.6	true fortune and not a disaster, the youth should become seekers of truth, not getting
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