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The ultimate goal-Passion or dispassion?

We all tread on the path towards self realization though the answers are not definite. We want to connect with ourselves and the universe at large but stumble on big questions. Is it passion or dispassion that brings the best out of me? Isn’t passion a mark of attachment? Isn’t freedom from all bondages the ultimate goal?

To me passion is not attachment. Attachment is obsessed with the past or the future but Passion is linked to the moment. Attachment is that chronic yearning whereas Passion is pure acceptance. Attachment is desire that triggers the fear of losing, but Passion has no fear. Passion is pouring one’s self for something worthy.

To be dispassionate is disrespecting the gift of life. How can I walk through life without a sense of wonder! I read somewhere that to be passionate you don’t need to be attached. You need to be engaged. I don’t need to be attached to my passions in bondage. But I owe it to life to be engaged. My ultimate goal is to be aware of the everyday miracles of life. I want to be moved when the wind blows. I want to celebrate the fresh smell of grass after the rain. I want to be passionate about life itself!

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”- Hebbel
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  1. Ray Silverman2:03 PM

    Nicely said. Just thought I would let you know that dispassion is not the opposite of passion. It sounds like that in English, but the original Sanskrit conveys the sense of being without ego-concerns. Therefore, the less ego-concern, the more genuine concern; the less we care about ourselves, the more we care about others. the greater the dispassion (freedom from bondage to ego), the greater the compassion.

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