Happily Ever After? Towards an Everlasting Fulfillment in Life

As we approach the end of this year, it is also naturally a time reflect and take a deeper look at one’s life. Perhaps you set goals and milestones last year towards creating more fulfillment in life. Creating a more fulfilling life is on everyone’s mind as we approach the new year. For many, deeper and more enriching relationships are a way to create more fulfillment in life. The new year is also a chance to hit the reset button on our relationships and how we relate to others. We all want to live with more connection and intent; however, things don’t always go according to how we plan and there are many external factors that are out of our control. Certainly when it comes to other people words can be misconstrued and misunderstandings can happen! So, how can we find a sense of fulfillment in life the way things are? In the example of romantic relationships, perhaps anyone, no matter how dedicated they are to their partner, can ever truly fulfill them. Therefore, is there another type of fulfillment that we can create that is not so dependent on the achievement of an idealized version of relationship.

Sadhguru says we absolutely can:

Fulfillment is not attained by some action. At every stage of your life, you thought “if this happens, my life will become complete.” This thought may have come up within you. For example, when you were a child you thought, “if I get this toy, my life will be complete.” You got that toy, but after few days you took it and threw it into the dustbin.

Life did not attain fulfillment. When you were in school, you thought that if you passed your examination, life would be complete. That happened, but in reality nothing happened.

Then you thought that if you complete your education, your life would be settled. That too happened. Now you thought, what is the use of all this education if you are not able to stand on your feet. So you started earning. After three months you began to think, what is the use of working like a donkey, and if you get married to that man or woman whom you love, your life would become complete. That happened and then you know what happened!

Whatever action you may have performed, life has not attained fulfillment. Fulfillment will not come because of some action that you perform. Try to see as to why have you been performing one action after another? It is towards fulfillment, isn’t it? People who perform action in excess, when you ask them why they are doing all that they are doing, they answer, “What to do? Food, wife, kids — who will take care of them?” The truth is, even if you fulfill all your needs, you won’t be able to sit quietly for even a day. Because one has to do something.

And this need to do something arises since your inner nature has not attained fulfillment; you are trying to do so through actions. Your actions are not a result of your need for good food or comforts; it is happening because you are in search of fulfillment. Whether this has happened with or without awareness, the actions indicate the search for unboundedness.

So what is that “something”? That something is meditation. What is an inner nature? How does one fulfill an inner nature? What can it do for your relationships with others? Watch here to learn more: