Live Dangerously – In Gita Verse 10.29 Of the many-hooded Nāgas I am Ananta, and among the aquatics I am the demigod Varuṇa. Of departed ancestors I am Aryamā, and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, the lord of death.
In this verse Krishna declare I am Ananta, Varuṇa, Aryamā and Yama – by declaring this he tells us that live dangerously. Living dangerously means having courage to respond to the present circumstances demands and not to your ideology and identity.
Don’t try to understand life. Live it! Don’t try to understand love. Move into love. Then you will know – and all that knowing will come out of your experience. The more you know, the more you know that much remains to be known.
Let us understand what Krishna says by Live Dangerously by the following story.
Zen Tale is one. Two fakirs, one young and one old, pass by a river. The fakir is ahead; The monk is a Buddhist. A young girl is standing on the bank of the river. And she tells him that I have to go across the river, and I am afraid. And he felt that with the help of his hands, he should cross the river. But he thought that he should support the hand, that the lust was completely created inside. He got scared. Not afraid of a girl, she was scared of herself. Eyes lowered and the river crossed.
He crossed the river and realized that I am a man and I have restrained myself, so I have not caught the hand of the girl. All our restraints are similarly weak. But the young monk who is coming behind me is not going to fall into this mistake, in which I was lying, left to face, and left childhood. He returned and looked, then his chest sat. That young monk is crossing the river with that girl on his shoulder!
That boy, that young monk left the girl across the side of that side. Then both of them started walking towards their ashram. Mile road, the old fakir did not even utter a word. The fire is burning inside it. At the gate of the monastery, at the entrance of the ashram, he stopped and said to the young man, Remember that whatever sin you have committed, I will have to go and tell the master.
The young man asked, what sin! How is it sin! He said, to put that girl on the shoulder. The young monk started laughing. He said, I even took her across the river from shoulder to shoulder, you still have her on your shoulder! You are still carrying her. You are still pulling him!
Courage doesn’t mean that we save our identity, courage simply means let your action come from your no-mind, emptiness. Be with yourself. The young monk was so empty that he did not have any fear. When the old monk told him that I will inform the head of the monastery regarding your sin. The young monk’s reply was so alive that I have left her on the bank of the river you are still carrying. All of you can see that the old monk was threatening him, still he was grateful and compassionate with him. Young monk only utter that still you are carrying her, without any allegation, judgements anything.
This is the courage to be with yourself. You have to live in this world. But never forget your own love, compassion which you are made up of. Young monk was compassionate with the young girl and old fakir. He did not pray of lust or anger. He was in the middle.
When Krishna is saying that I am Ananta, Varuṇa, Aryamā and Yama – he tells us to live dangerously. He says those who are courageous, go headlong. They search for all opportunities of danger. Their life philosophy is not that of insurance companies. Their life philosophy is that of a mountain climber, a glider, a surfer. And not only in the outside seas they surf; they surf in their innermost seas. And not only on the outside they climb Alps and Himalayas; they seek inner peaks. But remember one thing: never forget the art of risking – never, never. Always remain capable of risking. Wherever you can find an opportunity to risk, never miss it, and you will never be a loser. Risk is the only guarantee for being truly alive.
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