BHAVYA BHARAT ITS TIME HAS COME

SADHGURU ISHA FOUNDATION

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Sadhguru: This land of Bharat has been a cultural entity for thousands of years, but we became a republic only in 1950. A republic happens because there is a Constitution where all the rules are written down. When we say, “I am a citizen of this Nation,” in some way, we are saying that we will adhere to its Constitution. When the Constitution says something is right or wrong, we abide by it. Most religions also have a Constitution written supposedly by the Divine, a progeny or maybe a messenger, which makes it non-negotiable.

If a Constitution is not negotiable or open to amendment, it means you cannot mend it. But the Constitution of a republic can be amended according to the times and mindsets of the times because it is an agreement between all of us to adhere to a common law, so that we do not collide at every point. Right now, there is a small segment in the country that keeps talking about freedom of speech, or the lack of it in the country.

“Freedom” is a bad word because I have always seen, the moment someone starts talking about freedom, they start doing irresponsible things. “Responsibility” is the right word because where there is no responsibility, there will anyway be no freedom. Only if all of us behave responsibly, there is some freedom. If we start behaving irresponsibly towards each other, there will be strife, not Freedom.

These are people still living in the romance of revolution. They do not understand that it is a romance of another time. There is no place for such a thing in today’s world. Today, if you want to cause a revolution, educate a hundred children or plant a million trees. What matters is whether you have a revolutionary idea for a solution.

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