Sadhguru: Something about the fundamental nature of your existence which could just change you dimensionally, you want to know it in 2 minutes?
Vinita: No, I only want to know where to start in 2 minutes.
Sadhguru: Okay. Where to start? Just do this much: before you go to bed today, every hour, remind yourself – “Wow! I’m still alive.”
So many people who go to bed today will not wake up tomorrow morning. More than a million people on the planet will not wake up tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning if you do wake up, first check, “Am I really awake, alive? I’m still alive – wow!” You don’t have to do anything, don’t scream or something, at least one big smile, “Okay, I’m still alive. Over a million people didn’t wake up tonight, but here I am, alive.” Fantastic, or no?
What is the biggest thing in your life? You are alive right now. So, you’re still on tomorrow morning; just one smile, wow! Then maybe there are 2, 3, 4 people who matter to you much in your life, just check, he, and she, and that one, and this one is alive – all alive, great! If one million people died tonight, which they do every night, at least 10 million people lost somebody who is dear to them. But none of those who are very dear to you are gone today. Fantastic, or no?
Only when you are conscious about your mortality will you want to truly know the nature of this life. If you know that you are mortal, suddenly you will see, in a few days, you have no time to do any nonsense which doesn’t mean anything to you. You will do only what really matters to your life, you have no time to do any rubbish with anybody. You will have time only to do the best things that you want to do, what you truly care to do in your life, and nothing other than that, and that’s what you should be doing, because it’s a very limited amount of time!
I want you to know, it’s a very brief life – you should not be doing anything other than what truly matters to you.