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Sadhgurus Message to Parents,

Students and Teachers
As school terms begin, students, schools, parents and teachers face the education grind once
again. Heres Sadhgurus message to them, to help put things in perspective.

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As school terms begin, students, schools, parents and teachers face the education
grind once again. Last year, over 9000 students committed suicide unable to
bear the burden of expectations of parents, teachers, society, and even
themselves. Heres Sadhgurus message, spoken during a Times of India
interview on International Day of Yoga. He appeals to parents, teachers and Im here to serve life. I
children to invest 30 minutes every day in doing yoga for a harmonious body and dont have a mission of
balanced mind. my own.

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Sadhguru

Dear parents Todays Mystic Quote

Sadhguru: Most of the decisions you make come from a place of fear. You
fear that if your children dont get the best education, they will end up on
the streets. As a parent myself, I know your concern is valid. After all, as a
society we still dont have a safety net that ensures that nobody will get
crushed in life. But understand that things are better today than they
were 20 years ago. As an economy, we are growing at 8-10 per cent. This
means, all your concerns about how to earn a living will come down. How
to make a life is what you need to look at. And nobody can make a life out
of the activity he does unless he can put his heart and soul into it. So, its
important the child chooses what he or she wants to do; never mind how
hopeless it looks economically.

You say you are friends with your

children. But if your friendship is a trick
to get what you want, then you are a bad
If you really pay friend. If you are a genuine friend, youd
attention to how see what needs to be done to enhance
your childs life. Youd pay attention. If
your child sits, you really pay attention to how your
child sits, stands, thinks, responds to
stands, thinks, situations, youd know what he or she
needs. Right now though, all you have is
responds to a readymade formula MBBS,
situations, youd engineering! You are applying this
formula forcefully to a life, even without
know what he or she knowing if that is what this life really
needs.
needs.
Try this: Let your child invest 30
minutes a day in yoga. Yoga is a tool
that will help one do better in the
education race as well. It brings inner balance, sharper intellect, better
focus. The University of California has done studies on those who did the
Shambhavi Mahamudra (a powerful kriya) and found that in three
months, neuronal regeneration in the brain is 241% higher than normal.
So, its scientifically proven that doing a little yoga will make your child
more intelligent and balanced; they wont be distracted by this and that;
they will manage their hormones better. Invest 30 minutes a day, and in
six months of practice, the child would have gained at least 2-2.5 hours
extra in a day and in one year of practice, you would have gained four five
hours extra in a day, simply because you do things more efficiently. And
while you are at it, try some yoga yourself. It will help you drop your
anxiety and get rid of parental peer pressure.

We should make a world where every child can strive for his full potential
without wanting to kill himself. That takes a certain amount of
dedication. It wont happen by just paying school fees. Lets work
towards making that world possible.

Parenting: Raise Yourself Before You Raise Your Kids

Dear children

Can I begin by telling you a truth? You are romanticizing your problem a
little too much. You have no idea what struggle your parents are going
through. The circus they have to do to provide for you, to keep your life
going, to make it all happen, you cannot even imagine that! In spite of all
that, they are trying to be nice to you.

Dont make a problem out of nothing

you either study this or that, whats the
big deal? But, its in your hands to
Its in your hands to assure your parents that I may not
assure your parents become an engineer, but dont worry,
Ill do well in my life. If you are able to
that I may not give them this assurance, it may not
settle things immediately, but they will
become an see the point eventually. Right now,
many of you are not able to give them
engineer, but dont
this assurance. They freak out because
worry, Ill do well in they are convinced you will end up on
the streets. If you dont want to do what
my life. your parents think is best for you, you
should show competence in some other
field you like, and tell them, Dont
worry.

I want you to remember one thing: all those people you worship as Shiva,
Rama, Krishna or Jesus Christ, none of them ever cracked IIT or whatever
exam. You worship them because they lived their life well. Thats what
you need to do live well. The human mechanism is the most
sophisticated machine on the planet. The problem is you have not even
read the users manual of this super computer. Yoga is that users
manual. It will help you become balanced internally, it will make you
joyful by your own nature, help you do your best. In doing your best,
there is success. You may not be better than someone else, but you will
be the best you can. And then, you can handle anything that life throws at
you with grace.

Education, Inspiration and the Joy of Learning

Dear teachers

The education system doesnt give you freedom to do what you think is
the best. The expectation from the system and parents is so strong that
sometimes, you dont even have the time to have an extra word with
your students. But even with all these challenges, I am telling you, you
can make a difference to developing a human life to its full potential. You
can take three minutes out to see, really see, what it is that your students
actually need.

The way our education system is right

now, its all about imparting
information. There are so many ways in
Every teacher which you can impart this information,
should look at this: but if you remember to put a small
spark of inspiration in all these young
in what simple way, lives that come to you to learn, that will
stay with them for the rest of their lives.
with what little act or Information may be useful, it may help
them pass an examination or get a job,
word at the right but if you put that spark of inspiration,
moment, can I they will value you all their lives.

inspire these Every teacher should look at this: in

children in front of what simple way, with what little act or
word at the right moment, can I inspire
me. these children in front of me. This much
you can do, no matter what the system
is. And how can yoga help? If you are
interested in human wellbeing, then, in
is the only way out. Even if you spare
two minutes a day before you begin a class, and get everyone to close
their eyes, a change will begin to happen. And you can champion that
change. Thats yoga!

Editors Note: Here are some 5-minute Yoga Tools for Transformation
simple upa-yoga practices for joy, peace, wellbeing, success and more. You can
also download the free app.

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