People always talk about God, God's people or people who are deprived of God's grace - because they have not realized the enormity of being human. The source of creation itself is trapped within you, and is working miracle upon miracle every day.
Many years ago, a survey was done by Indian cellphone companies. India is the fastest growing cellphone market. Every year, more than one million new cell phones are added here. In the survey they found that twenty-seven percent of people are using only seven percent of the capabilities of a cellphone - this was a survey of ordinary phones, not today's smartphones. They concluded that if they removed ninety percent of the software, people wouldn't even know.
So, if this is true in the case of such a small gadget, then what do you think about this complex gadget – the human system? If you ask me how much potential humans are performing on average, I'd say it's less than one percent. If it goes up by one or two percent more, people suddenly think you are a superman.
This happened to me some time ago. I attended a public conference, where people other than those who usually live near me came in contact with me. And, my daily schedule is twenty to twenty two hours a day. I keep traveling, and have been driving. Millions of different things happen day and night. One moment, I am in a spiritual satsang, the next moment, I am driving, the next moment, I am driving, the next moment, I am talking about building buildings, Then the next moment, something else. So people said, "Sadguru, are you a great man? You don't sleep, you don't eat, you keep on working." I said, "It's not about being great. It's about realizing that being human is the only thing great."
When people say, "I am only a human being," they are only pointing out their weaknesses, disabilities and their flaws.This is the misfortune of mankind - they have not realized that being human is a great thing, so they are thinking of something great in the sky above. That's why there is so much talk about God. Now if you eat a piece of bread, then in a few hours you turn it into a human. Suppose I bring you a piece of bread and turn it into a human being - who do you think I am? God! But every day, you yourself are doing the same thing.
The human body is not made out of nowhere. It is being made from within. The source of creation is beating within you. Every day a miraculous event is happening inside you that whatever you eat turns into a human being. But you didn't notice it, because you think whatever is worthwhile is out there. No, all that is meaningful here is within you.
People always talk about God, God's people or people who are deprived of God's grace - because they have not realized the enormity of being human. The source of creation itself is trapped within you, and is working miracle upon miracle every day. If you pay a little attention to it, if you get access to it, if you touch it once, your life will become so magical that people will think of you as supernatural. This is not a superhuman act; As human beings we have this possibility, we have to explore it.
In such a situation, yoga can play an important role. There is a common misconception about the word "yoga" - that it is a bodybuilding exercise. But yoga is not a practice, exercise or technique. It is a process and a system of developing man as a whole, so that every human being can find within himself his highest possible potential.
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