Science of the Rishis: A Daily Rhythm

Part VIII: Life as a Moving River: Embracing Change Over Stability

I will not say to you that the home is everywhere — although it is true. I will say there is no home.

If you can continue your pilgrimage with this sincerity — that there is no home and there is no place you are going to, that just the going is in itself the beauty, the joy, the blissfulness, everything… the going itself — then the second will also be true: that wherever you are, it is home. But the second can be deceptive — because people are very cunning, even cunning with themselves. They have misused all truths, they have managed to give them meanings which support their own ideas. If I say “Everywhere is home” then they will relax wherever they are, then there is no need.

So I say: There is no home, and the journey has to be continued. It has to be a dance. Take your guitars and go on, and never stop anywhere.

That does not mean that you cannot rest for a while. There are caravanserais but no homes — stay over for the night, but in the morning we have to go. This ongoing process is what life is.

The moment it stops, it is death — and there is no death.

And why do people hanker for the home? — security, safety. But in the name of security and safety, they don’t make homes, they make prisons — and they are the jailed and they are the jailers, but because they have the keys in their own hands, they think they are free.

They are not free. Only a constantly moving river… sometimes slow, sometimes fast, sometimes falling from the mountains, sometimes moving very slowly on the plains… but moving all the time…. Movement is life, change is life.

Stay for a while if you feel tired, but stay only to regain enough energy so that tomorrow morning you can move again.

The home is everywhere — but that home is just a caravanserai.

Never make anything in life stable. That’s how things die, that’s how things start stinking.

Allow movement — it keeps things fresh, it keeps things alive. It keeps the adventure alive, the excitement, the ecstasy of the discovery of the unknown and finally the unknowable.

EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU LISTENING, LISTENING, I WAS NEVER ABLE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING YOU SAID.

It is perfectly good. It is as it should be, because this is not a kindergarten school where you have to remember every word spoken by me.

Here the emphasis is not on remembering; the emphasis is on listening. If you have listened in silence, then whatever is significant will be absorbed by the heart. You may forget the words….

Words are only containers, not the content. The content will be absorbed in the heart, and the containers have to be thrown away. You cannot carry all the containers always.

Listen perfectly. Never bother about remembering — because that is a disturbance. Doing the two things together, then one starts taking notes — if not visibly, then inside in the mind. No, don’t create disturbance; just listen. If something is true, your heart will simply absorb it. And the heart has no memory system. The memory system is in the head.

But whatever the heart absorbs will be changing your actions, will be changing your behavior, will be changing you. It will bring a transformation.

It will not bring you knowledge, it will bring you transformation. It will make you a new man. So don’t be worried about memory at all.

Theory – Beyond Memory: How True Listening Transforms Action

Mindful Workplace (Sattva): Vishram as Recharge, Not Retirement (Mindful Rest) – Treat breaks, vacations, and off-hours as functional resting stops designed to replenish vital energy (Prana), rather than places to stagnate or disconnect indefinitely from purpose.

• Workplace Practice: Establish clear boundaries for time off and rest, encouraging full detachment during leave so that employees return to the workplace with renewed vigor, curiosity, and creative drive for the journey ahead.