 Namaskaram to everyone. It's time for Sadhguru spot and due to heavy engagement, I'm a bit late on this. Well, World Cup, the FIFA World Cup in Moscow and St. Petersburg was a real break for me, but also a lot of work got done in Moscow. We should be starting quite a few things in Russia because the level of enthusiasm and commitment that we see there is such that naturally our activity will increase in Russia. It's tremendous receptivity out there and there are many things that will be happening. I think our Samskriti children and a team of musicians and dancers from Asia are also participating in the India Day in the first week of August in Moscow. It's a big event. I think last time in a three-day event, nearly half a million people participated, half a million people in Moscow is a very big number. That's the kind of participation they're getting and this time our children will be there performing and our teachers are there imparting various aspects of yoga. I think there is a lot of enthusiasm and energy out there. And the World Cup itself was a great phenomena by itself. It's… it is probably a very unique tournament this time for a variety of reasons because all the major teams were knocked out and new champions and new heroes of football emerged pushing aside hugely reputed players. This is a phenomena that a new crop of young players, well one of them who became a superstar there was only nineteen years of age. Why I'm speaking about football to you is because this is a good spot and you know there is… there is an important factor in football which is called as a spot kick. Spot kick is a very good chance to reach the goal. So being on the spot is most important for a human being in the sense you are where… where you need to be at a given time. Not in terms of geography but within yourself at a given time you must be exactly where you need to be to do a specific act in your life to be able to receive something you must be on the spot. This is the most important aspect of timing and rhythm of life. So Guru Purnima is coming right now and I hope you will be on the spot to get to the goal because this is what life is all about that you are having a spot kick. You know great champions this time especially even very hugely reputed players like Lionel Messi and Ronaldo both of them missed a spot kick. What is today called as a penalty kick but actually the original name for that kick in front of the goal is called a spot kick because you are kicking from the spot. Are you at the right spot that's the important thing within yourself where are you geographically what is your life situation that's not the point. Are you on the spot when it comes to yourself within yourself if this one thing if you manage the bounty of life will come your way nothing can be denied to you Guru Purnima I hope all of you will be on the spot. Well the last week has been busy as soon as I came back from Moscow we had an event with the Indian Air Force and it's fantastic the way the forces are getting involved with us and it's our great privilege absolute privilege and honor that we are able to serve the forces. We are doing things with border security force and we should be active with the Indian Army shortly and now the Air Force and the next day also we had an event with the Indo-Tibetian border police which guards nearly 4000 kilometers of mountain terrain which borders Tibet it is a special police race after 1962 and from what I have seen because I used to trek a lot in that region where Indo-Tibetian border police is active probably it is the fittest force in the country in terms of physical fitness and many of these men and women have done Mount Everest climbs we also spoke with the ITBP and we should be actively doing something with them in the near future a great force really the level of discipline and focus and fitness these people have because they are in constantly in a terrain which is most unapproachable and hard to live and these are great men and women really truly brave and tough men and women out there so we had a very nice engagement with them at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi and a very important development that that will mean a lot of work for many of you this is now I have been included or I have been named as one of the twenty members of a panel set up chaired by the Prime Minister along with the Home Minister and the External Affairs Ministry and the Human Resource Development Ministry and a member of the position and a few other prominent people who are engaged in various levels of activity related to Mahatma Gandhi because from October 2nd this year it is a year which is being celebrated as the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi so this twenty member panel was brought together to see what we can do to bring back Gandhi into the world as a messenger of peace and a messenger of hope in terms of solving or resolving problems without violence it is very important today considering the type of weaponry that all of us as nations have it is best that we don't get into a fight the future of warfare is such that there will be no winners and losers they'll be losers on both sides because the nature of the weaponry that we're developing is in that direction maybe it's a good thing at least it will be probably if we don't come to a peaceful coexistence at least the deterrence may make us peaceful it's not the best way to do it but whichever way we are looking at how to launch a culture of peace across the world so I have plans for this and these presentations I made there which was appreciated in terms of what we can do the detailed presentations are all getting ready we are focusing on three things one thing is non-violence and peace for which we will launch a worldwide campaign another thing is because Mahatma was focused towards producing natural fiber for those of you who are not aware of Indian history because too much of being the moment has happened in this generation they've forgotten historical events and what shaped who we are right now Indian textiles used to cover literally 90% of the exports on the planet at one time 90% of the fabric exports came from India and it was a huge demand in Europe and UK and of course in other parts of Asia everywhere else in the world at least the non-world of that time between 1800s and 1860 in a matter of 60 years time this exports came down by 98% in 60 years the entire system of producing variety of cloth was destroyed systematically by the East India Company to benefit their own coffers well one of the governor-general's says in his notes that the planes of India are bleached by the bones of hand weavers that means they destroyed hand loom in a systematic manner in such a way millions died because they lost their occasion there was no other way to make a living even today it employs a large number of people nearly 4.4 million families are engaged in hand looms in India though it is only 15% of the cloth manufactured in India so it has a huge potential to engage people in a creative activity which needs a certain level of engagement in terms of both body and brain one needs to be in a certain way to weave a cloth India is very unique in this that we have still have nearly 120 distinct weaves in this country of which at least 55 to 60 or on the verge of extinction because this is the last generation doing those things the next generation is all doing computer software so probably in 10 15 years nearly 50 to 60 weaves distinct weaves we could become extinct so right now we are seeing how to bring back the weave how to save the weave because there is a phenomenal amount of craftsmanship and intelligence behind these things these are things which have evolved indigenously out of a very organic intelligence I think it's very important to preserve this above all right now we are heading towards where nearly 98% of all fiber produced on the planet is synthetic 95% of this is actually polymers you may not know this I want you to know this among the three top polluting industries on the planet the number one polluter is oil industry number two is agriculture number three is fashion you wouldn't have thought of this because fashion industry uses enormous amount of chemicals and mordents which are used to bind dyes to the fiber and above all polyester itself is a huge polluter micro fibers of polyester are everywhere because from your clothes they're entering your skin they're up in the air they have entered the water systems they've entered the soil and they've gotten into the food chain so slowly the very food that you eat you end up eating plastic material that is polyester and it is the third largest polluter on the planet so replacing this with natural fiber is something that we have to do in the coming years so to promote natural fiber like cotton, flags, linen, jute, nettle all these things have to be brought back and India has a tremendous talent in this all this is dying away what used to be major industry is right now in a minuscule scale but this can be brought back so we are starting a movement for save the weave as a part of this we are going to have two fashion events in New York City in the month of October get ready to see me on the ramp maybe no that's not how it's going to be done but we'll be doing something to do with fashion called fashion for peace or conscious fashion two events are going to happen let's see what we can do but we have to do move the world towards natural fiber because the amount of environmental and health risks that polyester clothing is creating is unfortunately not known to most people but today there are certain studies which show a whole lot of cancers on the planet could be mainly because of polyester clothing and it is definitely impacting our children's lives as a part of this we are seeing how to bring natural fiber at least for the school children in their uniforms in India that's a first suggestion I made I think that will happen Kerala has already done it the rest of the states in India at least for the government schools may do it we also want to promote it in the private schools our children must wear healthy natural fiber it's very important and we need to do this worldwide this will also bring back hand loom industry back this will also create a market and these are the two ways we will be going at it in a very low-end way of doing it is to bring back school uniforms high-end way of doing it is the big or well known fashion designers if they take up natural fiber I'm sure those who wear more expensive clothes will also go for it this will create a wonderful market for craftsmen and they need this need not remain limited to India alone it can go everywhere we can bring back hand loom or at least if not hand loom even if it's we machine oven it must be natural fiber we must bring back natural fiber if we want to know the joy of being healthy and well and the next thing is Mahatma Gandhi had an immense engagement his romance was always with rural life he focused on rural life he believed India would always remain in the villages but unfortunately we did not take care of it that is we did not make the life in a village truly beautiful so we are looking at how to set up model villages we've always already been working for the last four to five months to create a template of how to create a model village taking care of nourishment health fitness economic activity environmental concerns bringing all education bringing all dimensions into one place so that living in a village becomes a wonderful experience that nobody has to go and live in the slums in major cities where there is absolutely no human dignity and various types of exploitations and degradation of life happens out there so this is going to happen in the coming year I want all of you with me on these things because people are entrusting this kind of trust upon us I think it's a great privilege that we must fulfill this and one most significant thing that happened in the last week is that we had a rally for rivers board meeting we have a very prominent and fantastic board hugely talented board we have industry people there with huge experience behind them very successful people we have people from the government who have huge experience in water related issues and farmer produces organizations aspect and we have the worldwide life fund CEO with us and we have the former chairman of ISRO that is an Indian space research organization which is a stellar organization in India and they've achieved fantastic things in this country really this is a badge that India can wear as a pride because what they have done with low budgets and what they've achieved they even are orbiting the Mars at a very low cost and I've been there for a launch when a major satellite was being launched the team is so devoted to what they're doing it was truly inspiring to be there and the chairperson of this institution is with us and all this hugely empowers us and probably you still do not know this but the Neethi Ayog which is the main body which plans and executes economic activity in the country has sent out a kind of an advisory to all the 28 states mentioning Isha Foundation's name that the recommendations that we've made in the Rally for Rivers document is like almost like an umbrella policy for everything else that they need to do about rivers we have managed to convince the governments not to do open canals but go for pipes we've managed to largely convince state governments that river linking is not a practical solution for a tropical country and all these things are being taken into effect in the various state governments and we are also starting on-ground projects in Maharashtra and Karnataka we've taken up one river or a tributary in Maharashtra which involves the farming activity and variety of things to see that this river is rejuvenated or revitalized and we are also doing a 250 million tree plantation in the catchment areas of Kaveri River which is the bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu it's very important we take care of this so we will be engaged in this we're also making detailed project reports for the entire country for forests and for farmlands how we should do the basics the template is something that we are preparing and very easily it can be fleshed up by going into various details once we have the basic template that's what our teams are working we have a great team out here nearly hundred youth from across the country have come here for a three year that they will focus only on the rivers there many of them are quick lucrative jobs and they're here full-time for three years we've been training them for last six months about various aspects that need that they need to know about the ecological realities of rivers about the soil conditions about the farming that is happening in the country and what kind of things or what kind of interventions they need and the government policies all this education has been going on for last six months they are right now engaged in preparing this detailed project reports and it's truly fabulous that these young people have taken this up this is what a nation needs when people are committed to creating a great possibility nobody can stop them and I'm sure this will all lead to a very successful rally for rivers projects across the country and here we are in Isha Yoga Center it's I don't know how to say this the weather and the atmosphere of the monsoon is just spectacular after nearly nine years we are having a normal monsoon we used to be like this in the before eight nine years that monsoons meant nearly four to five months of cloudy weather everyday showers we are back to that once again whatever has happened nature guard the nature has been kind and there's truly spectacular weather and Guru Purnima we're expecting nearly 15,000 people to participate and if you're not here be with us live on the web stream and be available to the grace of the Gurus Dadi Yogi turned into Adi Guru on this day this is the day for you be on the spot be on this spot you don't miss your goals Guru Purnima I will be with you thank you very much Namaskaram to all of you