INCLUSIVE EXPANSION SPIRITUALITY FOR THE CORPORATE WORLD

Sadhguru: A whole whirlwind of economic activity is happening in the world today, and especially in India.

In the recent times, our economy has grown like never before. Everything is bursting at the seams; just holding it in place has been a huge circus for everybody involved. This could either bring a lot of wellbeing to large masses of people around the planet, or it could lead to total destruction of the world, depending upon who handles it and how.

Of the four major forces in the world politics, military, religion and economics that decide the quality of people's lives to a large extent, I see the economic force as the biggest possibility for bringing about some unification and sensible action. The other forces are merely dictated by belief. If you take people of two different religions or politicians of two different ideologies, they can never come to an agreement. Two military leaders obviously cannot even co-exist. It is only a businessman who is willing to make a deal with anyone, even the devil, if it is a good deal. He has the practical sense to see what works and what does not work in real life situations.

In the next ten to fifteen years, the economic leadership is poised to play a far more important role in the world than the political and military leadership. Therefore, we are presented with a great opportunity for large-scale change. More than eighty percent of the world''s wealth is controlled by just a few thousand people. Even if just ten percent change happens in their hearts, the world will change. The world is hungry not because there is no food. There is more food than the seven billion people on the planet can eat. It is just that those who need it do not get it, because one way or the other, those who have the power and the means have not cared enough to do something about it.