Redefining Success

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Redefining Success

Success and failure is not in the volumes of money flowing into your life. Success and failure is not dependent upon the recognition that you’re finding in the world. You’re successful with life if you know how to walk with joy through hell.

Meltdown is not hell, I know that there’s a certain amount of global warming involved, but it’s not as hot as hell. Not yet. It’s not bad at all. It’s very good. I’m sure that you can do with less food, smaller house, smaller car. Walking is great, too. Walking is very good for health. Some man who just became 100 years old in the city. I’ve not met the man. I saw it in the newspaper just a month ago. He became, his 100th birthday. They asked him, “What is the source of your health and well-being,” because he’s still strong and good. He said, “I’m a walk-king.” He put a hyphen in walking and said, “I’m a walk-king.” Everyday I walk. Hundred and still walking. Your failure could be extremely good for your well-being. Don’t be against your own well-being. It’s your recipe for health.

There’s no such thing as failure. Failure is an idea, because success is also a stupid idea. Your idea, what is success and what is failure, isn’t it? If your trying to change the world, change your idea. Isn’t it easier? If you just change your idea of success and failure, everything is great, isn’t it? If you were a beggar on the street today, if you could walk into the restaurant, eat a snack and pay ten rupies bill, this would be the height of your success. Isn’t it so?

You’ve gotten trapped in social situations and it is not even your idea. Why am I crediting you with this? It is somebody’s idea of what is success, isn’t it? Don’t become a slave to somebody’s idea. At least have your own idea. You have no idea of your own, don’t deceive yourself. Every thought, every emotion, every value that you have is picked up from somewhere and it rules you from within. Your religion, your society, your culture has trained you to believe that this is it.

First and foremost success is that you’re not a slave to anybody’s idea. This is success. What a world. The situation of life, you’re alive means that your successful, isn’t it? No? Let me see a different success. This is success, you’re alive. You do not know the value of life. You’re crying about the share market. You do not know the value of life. Because a damn graph is going up and down, you want to die? No, no, but I lost so much money. There is no such thing. These are all social things. These are not existential things. We created the society for our well-being, not to take our lives. Yes? You created your family, your social structure, and every other damn thing for your well-being, not to take your life. Isn’t it? Now, every damn thing can take your life. Don’t make things that you create, things that human beings create, large than your life. That is the basis of your suffering.