Stop Confusing Life Situations With Life Itself | Sadhguru

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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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