Stop Confusing Life Situations With Life Itself | Sadhguru
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Jul 28, 2025
In a thought-provoking discussion, Sadhguru challenges us to differentiate between life situations and the essence of life itself. He emphasizes how our obsession with material possessions can lead to anxiety, likening it to steering a car with a broken wheel. With a striking analogy about building castles in the air, he urges listeners to reconnect with their true life force. This insightful conversation unveils the importance of living in the moment and recognizing our intrinsic value beyond worldly accomplishments.
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Life Situations Are Not Life
We often mistake life situations for life itself, confusing the circumstances we gather with our true existence.
Life is the essential being within us, while possessions and relationships are merely accessories to support life.
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Castle in the Air Anecdote
Sadhguru shares a story of building a detailed castle in the air that one begins to believe is real.
Eventually, living in that fantasy leads to psychosis, and others charging rent symbolizes losing grip on reality.
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Mind Confusion Fuels Anxiety
We mix memory, imagination, and present experience, losing clear boundaries between them.
This confusion causes anxiety and a chaotic mind, making life feel accidental and uncontrolled.
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"When you live accidentally, anxiety is normal. Life. The steering wheel is funny for most people's lives. If they turn this way, it'll go that way. Their mind itself, not even life. If you are not anxious, you are a miracle." - Sadhguru
There's a moment in this conversation where Sadhguru asks Lewis something that stops him cold: "What do you know about life as such? The life that you are?" Not the life you've built, not your achievements or relationships or beautiful studio - but the actual life force that animates you. Most of us have never even considered this distinction, and that's exactly why we're walking around anxious and feeling like we're steering a car with a broken wheel. Sadhguru breaks down how we've become so obsessed with the accessories of life - our bodies, possessions, relationships, careers - that we've completely lost touch with life itself. He uses this brilliant analogy about building a castle in the air: first you imagine it, then you think it's real, then you start living in it, and finally someone else starts charging you rent for your own fantasy.
What hits you most about this exchange is how gently but relentlessly Sadhguru dismantles the illusion that most of us call living. When Lewis talks about feeling blessed and living a beautiful life, Sadhguru doesn't dismiss it - he simply points out that these are stories we tell ourselves, not the fundamental experience of being alive. The profound shift happens when you realize that everything you think defines your life is actually just circumstance, and beneath all that noise is something much more essential and unshakeable. This isn't about becoming detached from the world; it's about finally understanding what you actually are versus what you've gathered around yourself.
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