Podbit · The School of Greatness
In India, no one says they were 'raised' a certain way. In the United States, people say it constantly — 'I was raised Catholic, I was raised Baptist.' Sadhguru points out that you raise cattle. You nurture human beings. The difference matters: one creates concrete blocks with a fixed shape; the other opens a limitless possibility.
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Lewis Howes steers the conversation toward geopolitics, asking what would happen if every country opened its borders. Sadhguru is pragmatic: without economic parity, the result would be mass migration and collective impoverishment. Borders are human constructs — useful at specific historical moments, not cosmic absolutes. The lines on maps are not natural features; they are agreements that can be renegotiated as circumstances change. His most striking historical point is Europe: France and Germany, which fought two of the bloodiest wars in human history, now share open borders. [1] — Sadhguru "Europe opened borders despite bitter WWII rivalries: Sadhguru cites the EU open-border model between France and Germany — former bitter war…" 38:17 That is not merely a political achievement — it is, Sadhguru insists, an evolution of human consciousness. His proposal is simple and radical: every school in the world should teach a global anthem alongside the national one, so that children grow up holding their nationality lightly rather than treating it as an absolute worth dying and killing for.
Sadhguru cites the EU open-border model between France and Germany — former bitter wartime enemies — as evidence that human consciousness can genuinely evolve.
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