DARE TO LIVE – LIFE WITHOUT RELIGION
✦ Courage to Live – Life Without Religion ✦
This is not a practice,
not a mantra,
not a method.
It is simply that—
the ability to let go.
Religion
did not teach man how to live,
it taught him the fear of being alive.
They scared me that
without religion it would be sin,
without a Guru you would go astray,
without God life is incomplete.
And this fear
was given the name of faith.
The courage to live means
entering into life without insurance.
Like a child
walking for the first time –
he doesn't know whether he
will fall or not.
He moves
because life pushes from within.
Religion did exactly the opposite.
He said –
first believe,
first accept,
first catch.
But life
cannot be obtained by holding on to it.
The day man said –
“I can live even without religion”,
that very day religion trembled.
Because the existence of religion
depends on your fear,
not on life.
Guru was made necessary
because man
is afraid of going within himself.
Scriptures were created
because silence is uncomfortable.
The concepts of God were created
because the uncertainty of life
is unbearable.
The courage to live means
friendship with uncertainty.
Neither hope for tomorrow,
nor desire for salvation,
nor calculation of virtue.
Just accept this—
“I am now,
and that is enough.”
Anyone who says this becomes dangerous
to society .
Because
he cannot be driven by fear.
He neither wants heaven
nor is afraid of hell.
He is neither in the crowd
nor in opposition.
He stands in silence .
And this silence
is not empty.
It is full of life.
Life without religion
is a corpse.
And life without religion—
a dance.
The emperor is the one
who dances,
whether anyone sees or not.
✦ Chapter 1: The Courage to Live—Life Without Religion ✦
The courage to live
is not a spiritual practice.
It is not a practice,
not a mantra,
not a method.
It is simply that—
the ability to let go.
Religion
did not teach man how to live,
it taught him the fear of being alive.
They scared me that
without religion it would be sin,
without a Guru you would go astray,
without God life is incomplete.
And this fear
was given the name of faith.
The courage to live means
entering into life without insurance.
Like a child
walking for the first time –
he doesn't know whether he
will fall or not.
He moves
because life pushes from within.
Religion did exactly the opposite.
He said –
first believe,
first accept,
first catch.
But life
cannot be obtained by holding on to it.
The day man said –
“I can live even without religion”,
that very day religion trembled.
Because the existence of religion
depends on your fear,
not on life.
Guru was made necessary
because man
is afraid of going within himself.
Scriptures were created
because silence is uncomfortable.
The concepts of God were created
because the uncertainty of life
is unbearable.
The courage to live means
friendship with uncertainty.
Neither hope for tomorrow,
nor desire for salvation,
nor calculation of virtue.
Just accept this—
“I am now,
and that is enough.”
Anyone who says this becomes dangerous
to society .
Because
he cannot be driven by fear.
He neither wants heaven
nor is afraid of hell.
He is neither in the crowd
nor in opposition.
He stands in silence .
And this silence
is not empty.
It is full of life.
Life without religion
is a corpse.
And life without religion—
a dance.
The emperor is the one
who dances,
whether anyone sees or not.
✦ Sutra (Seed of this chapter) ✦
“Only those who have the courage to live without support
get life.”
✦ Sutra (Seed of this chapter) ✦
“Only those who have the courage to live without support
get life.”
✦ Chapter 2: First Steps Out of the ICU ✦
Leaving the ICU
isn't a rebellion.
It's not a going against anyone—
it 's a going back within .
The first step
is not taken outwards,
the first step is taken amidst fear .
Fear doesn't go away.
Every step is taken with fear.
One who says
, “I will live only when my fear is over”
is postponing life.
Jeevan says –
“I am scared, still go.”
The biggest trick of the ICU is this –
it makes you believe
that there is death outside.
But there is no death outside, there is insecurity
outside .
And insecurity
is the language of life.
The first step is not to
leave the religion,
break the guru,
burn the scriptures.
The first step is this-
“Even if all this doesn’t happen
, can I breathe right now?”
That's all.
You'll see
—breathing.
Heart beating.
Earth still holding on.
Only then do I understand –
ICU was a habit of necessity ,
not a condition of life.
Another fear arises –
“What will people say?”
This is where the crowd comes in handy.
This is the religion of the crowd –
whoever comes out,
call him mad.
Because
if one person comes out
, others will also
start seeing their captivity.
The man standing outside the ICU
is silent.
He doesn't lecture,
because life
isn't explained—
it's lived.
Here an illusion is broken –
That life
comes by some method.
Life is already there.
You were just standing in its way.
As soon as you stop considering
medicine, means, mantra
as the last resort –
They become instruments in their respective places ,
not masters.
The first step out of the ICU
offers no security—
it offers freedom.
And freedom
is always a little uncomfortable.
✦ Formula ✦
“ A step taken with fear , not without fear
—is the beginning of life.”
✦ Chapter 3: Silence—Where No Support Remains ✦
Silence is not a practice.
Silence comes
when all supports have fallen.
Where mantras do not work,
where thoughts become tired,
where even trust starts feeling like a burden –
there silence descends.
People are afraid of silence
because
there is no hold left in silence.
No Guru,
no God,
no principles,
no future.
Just you—
and this moment.
Silence does not mean absence of words.
Silence means
absence of lies.
When there is nothing left to say inside,
then for the first time
it is heard –
The beat of the heart,
the flow of breath,
the support of the earth.
All this was there before also,
but it was covered by noise.
Religion gave us voice.
It gave us ideas.
It gave us promises.
Life
gave nothing—
it only opened itself.
In silence,
no one asks—
"Who am I?"
Because the person asking
has also fallen.
Here again a fear arises—
“ What am I if there is nothing left ?”
This is where the answer is born –
You are nothing –
therefore you are everything.
In silence
you do not become better,
you do not become purer,
you do not become greater.
You become ordinary .
And simplicity
is the greatest revolution.
This is where
the emperor is identified.
Neither by crown
nor by throne—
Rather, from the fact that he has nothing
to prove .
A person standing in silence
neither creates religion
nor protests.
He walks,
he eats,
he breathes—
But now
life
flows from within him, not on him .
In silence,
life
happens for the first time without fear.
✦ Formula ✦
“Where there is no support left, life hands over
its entire burden to you.”
✦ Chapter 4: The Emperor—Who Needs No Introduction ✦
Emperor is not a position.
An emperor is one
who does not crave recognition .
The day the identity falls,
the crown falls off automatically.
Society operates on identity—
name, caste, religion, opinion, position.
These are what make up the crowd.
But a king isn't made from a crowd.
He emerges from solitude—
from fear,
from silence.
The emperor neither opposes
nor supports.
Because
opposition is also identity,
support is also identity.
He's not against anyone—
he 's on his own side .
The emperor's life
appears simple.
He neither preaches
nor raises the slogan of revolution.
He gets up in the morning,
works,
laughs,
gets tired—
But
there is no tension inside.
The crowd looks at him
and cannot understand—
“It has nothing,
yet how is it calm?”
This discomfort
is what pricks the crowd.
Religion fears the emperor
because he lives without fear.
Politics is afraid of the emperor
because it does not want the crowd.
The system fears the Emperor
because he
is free without permission.
The emperor
does not come to change anyone.
He just
stands there.
And his standing creates vibrations
within others .
He doesn't say—
“Leave the ICU.”
His breath says—
“Life is possible outside.”
The emperor has
no future,
no heaven,
no salvation.
He only has this
moment—
And this
is the greatest wealth.
Wherever he is,
life becomes lighter.
Because he did not put any conditions
on life .
✦ Formula ✦
“The one who has nothing to prove
is the emperor.”
✦ Chapter 5: Ordinary Life—The Real Revolution ✦
Revolution doesn't happen with noise.
Revolution happens
when life becomes ordinary.
Where there is nothing to prove,
where there is no message to give,
where there is no destination to reach.
Society needs the extraordinary—
great people,
special knowledge,
elevated experiences.
But life breathes
in the ordinary .
The meaning of simple life is
to be complete with what one has.
Eat if you are hungry,
sleep if you are tired,
laugh if you are happy,
stop if you are sad.
Without giving any meaning,
without giving any name.
This is where the biggest fear breaks down—
“If I become ordinary
, what will be my value?”
The truth is this—
The crowd needs the price ,
not life.
The ordinary person
neither wants reform
nor salvation.
He neither changes the world
nor himself.
He simply
doesn't carry unnecessary burdens.
This is real freedom.
Neither in renunciation
nor in enjoyment—
Rather,
in living without stress.
When life is ordinary,
then death also
becomes ordinary.
No deal,
no complaints.
This is where religion falls,
because religion
sells specialties.
This is where gurus are irrelevant,
because they give dreams of heights.
Ordinary life
doesn't impress anyone.
And this
is his biggest strength.
What is simple
is free from comparison.
Comparison is gone –
ego is gone.
Ego is gone –
sorrow is gone.
This is the real revolution –
one that happens within,
without slogans.
✦ Formula ✦
“What has become ordinary
is not out of order but
out of suffering.”
✦ Chapter 6: No End—The Merger of the Beginning ✦
There is no final chapter here.
Because what ended
was the journey,
not life.
When religion fell,
the Guru was lost,
the future collapsed
– nothing was lost.
Only the burden was lifted.
People think –
they will get something in the end.
But
even meeting here falls.
Neither salvation,
nor truth,
nor knowledge.
Just
life as it is.
This is not an achievement,
so there is nothing to tell.
This is not a state,
so there is nothing to hold on to.
Now the living
does not say this –
“I am free.”
Because
I don't remember the bond.
The beginning and the end
were both the same illusion.
Just as a river does not have to become the ocean
after reaching the sea—
She was already
the sea.
There is no emperor here,
because there are no subjects either.
There is no path here,
because there is no destination.
Just this—
Breath comes and
breath goes.
Laughter comes and
goes.
Sorrow comes,
sorrow goes.
no deposit.
This is the point
where life precedes
any thought .
Now if you ask—
"What do I do now?"
So the answer is this-
Nothing special.
Whatever is in front
is complete.
And if I still
have to say something—
So that's enough—
✦ The Final Formula ✦
“ You don't have to do anything to get a life—
you just have to get out of the way.”
This is not the end.
This is silence.
And the silence
never ends.
