Fearelessness is glorified and marveled at by one and all. But fear is natural in human beings . It is as prevalent in people as it would be prevalent in some one who is walking in the forest or field and fears snakes.
A person who is an expert at catching snakes and has knowledge about the different types of snakes feels excitement whilst walking in a forest or field. The same snake creates fear in one and excitement in the other.
There are people who are completely free from fear, fear of death, disease, or losing everything does not trouble them. One may question who are these people? They are self- realized rishis in the forest or in the Himalayas. These people achieve this fearlessness after great penance and austerity.
These days we observe that the topic of death is hardly discussed and people live by the philosophy of “ who cares what happens tomorrow, when today is full of fun and frolic” This consciousness has made one less thoughtful and more destructively playful.
When Duryodhana and Dushasana were shamelessly hurting all the pandavas while hurling insults at Draupadi, including being physically abusive to her they were fearless. What was the gain ?
This kind of fearlessness destroyed them and destroyed every one around them.
Ravana was fearless in all conditions, whether stealing the flowerly airship of Kubera his cousin, or kidnapping mother Sita. When he was kidnapping mother Sita, the bird Jatayu, warned him. He had the vision and intelligence to communicate with Ravana, to show him the consequences, but Ravana did not heed, neither feared any reaction, result? He was destroyed along with his followers.
Kaikeyi on seeing the pain of Dasaratha, pleading begging and threatening her, had no iota of pain or fear. She was fearless in asking that Rama be sent to the forest. She also wanted hat her son be crowned king in Rama 's absence. What was the result of this fearlessness ?
She lost her son’s respect and affection .All the Ayodhya vasis became indifferent to her. The fearlessness that she displayed was unhealthy and hence she failed to grow.
Therefore the wise tell us that we need to be fearful of being shamed, or being too adventurous. We need to be fearful of being inconsistent in our daily sadhna. This healthy fear will give us a healthy fearlessness.
Vedantic life is a combination of healthy fear and healthy fearlessness. This in turn give us a proper journey and destination. Fearful or fearless, it does not matter as long as it is for the right reason.
A person who is an expert at catching snakes and has knowledge about the different types of snakes feels excitement whilst walking in a forest or field. The same snake creates fear in one and excitement in the other.
There are people who are completely free from fear, fear of death, disease, or losing everything does not trouble them. One may question who are these people? They are self- realized rishis in the forest or in the Himalayas. These people achieve this fearlessness after great penance and austerity.
These days we observe that the topic of death is hardly discussed and people live by the philosophy of “ who cares what happens tomorrow, when today is full of fun and frolic” This consciousness has made one less thoughtful and more destructively playful.
When Duryodhana and Dushasana were shamelessly hurting all the pandavas while hurling insults at Draupadi, including being physically abusive to her they were fearless. What was the gain ?
This kind of fearlessness destroyed them and destroyed every one around them.
Ravana was fearless in all conditions, whether stealing the flowerly airship of Kubera his cousin, or kidnapping mother Sita. When he was kidnapping mother Sita, the bird Jatayu, warned him. He had the vision and intelligence to communicate with Ravana, to show him the consequences, but Ravana did not heed, neither feared any reaction, result? He was destroyed along with his followers.
Kaikeyi on seeing the pain of Dasaratha, pleading begging and threatening her, had no iota of pain or fear. She was fearless in asking that Rama be sent to the forest. She also wanted hat her son be crowned king in Rama 's absence. What was the result of this fearlessness ?
She lost her son’s respect and affection .All the Ayodhya vasis became indifferent to her. The fearlessness that she displayed was unhealthy and hence she failed to grow.
Therefore the wise tell us that we need to be fearful of being shamed, or being too adventurous. We need to be fearful of being inconsistent in our daily sadhna. This healthy fear will give us a healthy fearlessness.
Vedantic life is a combination of healthy fear and healthy fearlessness. This in turn give us a proper journey and destination. Fearful or fearless, it does not matter as long as it is for the right reason.
Thank you prabhuji for giving this nice concept of "healthy fear and healthy fearlessness".
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