#1537 - Dr. Anand Ranganathan & Sadhguru
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Why do humans feel compelled to ask questions?
Welcome to the Sadhguru Podcast of Mystics and Mistakes.
I would like to keep this um apolitical. So my first question concerns Prime Minister Modi. That's
as apolitical as it can get.
Why do we ask questions?
A question. Uh, is a tool to dig deeper and you are in a privileged position that you can't be wrong. Because a question can't be wrong. You are like a neatspaper. Whose
resignation are you asking for? Let me be blunt. You are an outlier. There is only one subject. Yes. So you are an issue here. I
am. In a in a mental institution, only the doctor is sick.
But in the last three years Answers are on our fingertips, not just knowledge through AI. What's the point of an exam?
Then why are you asking so many questions?
The point I was making was Isn't intellect also overrated?
Let's separate intelligence and intellect. Intellect is a de data-driven process. Intelligence is simply perception-driven.
Yeah.
Um correct. Intellectual is a kind of an abuse in today's parallel. Listen,
I did this part, he's a professor.
That I see intelligence As a tool. For survival. For
survival, you don't need all this intellect. The worms and the insects and the birds survive without any fuss. There's an evol evolutionary lapse that intelligence and awareness developed, perception did not develop. But if you are willing, you can develop your perception.
You have this wonderful perception of our yogis, of our ancestors They didn't invent any of the things that we're living in.
Not true. Who gave you the zero? Right? You think math happened in a university? No. It happened among the sages. I want you to just do your calculations with a Roman numerical. Please try it.
Good evening friends. It's uh not just a pleasure but an express honor to be sharing the stage with Sadhguruji and um uh I would like to thank the organizers, uh the entire team, Kavitaji, especially Sadhguruji, uh for not knowing that I'm always invited only once to any gathering. Um unless he writes another book. Um Um no, but uh thank you so much. It's it's an absolute honor. And an opportunity uh for me to um ask questions that I do not know the answers of, Sadhguruji, and I think that's that's very important. Uh not just for the amazing book uh that I have perused through that you have written. Um it is not just an expression Of, as the title suggests, disappearing faces. It is also an expression of disappearing India, disappearing world.
And I, where I come from, there is always a dichotomy. Should we or should we not worry about things that disappear. So I've I've kind of packed uh a lot of what we have for the next hour or so with questions that I myself do not know the answers of and in expectations that I would be um uh uh uh you know uh not taught but uh my hand held by you and taken to a place where I would get to know the answers. So thank you so much for this. Great opportunity. Uh and of course I uh would like to keep this um apolitical, so my first question concerns Primar First question concerns Prime Minister Modi. No, but uh
as apolitical as it can get.
I haven't even come to Rahul Gandhi yet. Um but I was wondering about this, Guruji, when I uh was coming here, that people listen to Prime Minister Modi and all politicians, in fact, not just him. Because they want to know what is in his mind. In fact, sometimes quite literally so, uh his monkey bath. We want to know what what does he stand for, his policies, what is going on, what is sticking inside. And people want to or people listen to you. to want to know what is in their minds. And I thought this was very interesting. And I think um That set me thinking: are you ever burdened by the expectations of people wanting to know? what is in their minds through you. In other words, they have set you out as a medium.
to communicate. with whosoever it may be, but they want to learn more about themselves as opposed to hearing a politician and wanting to know more about him. Uh does that ever burden you?
Why would uh what is in somebody else's mind burden me? Why would it? I it's not scientific, Anand. What is in my mind should burden me.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why do humans feel compelled to ask questions?
0:01–10:25
2
How does Sadhguru differentiate between intellect and intelligence?
10:25–21:13
3
What does the conversation reveal about the limits of modern science and AI?
21:13–30:12
4
Why does Sadhguru say that most of our intellect is an over‑rated tool for survival?
30:12–40:34
5
How does the discussion connect human evolution, perception, and conscious evolution?
40:34–51:37
6
What are the implications of disappearing faces and species for the future of humanity?
51:37–1:02:33
7
How does the dialogue address the impact of technology on work, politics, and society?
1:02:33–1:12:49
8
What practical wisdom does Sadhguru offer for living a richer, more perceptive life?
1:12:49–1:22:58