Passion is like a Steroid - Powerful, Possessive, and Perverting

Only dispassionate excellence can sustain in the long run. Passion consumes its wielder. It takes over. A passionate person is no longer in control of things. When i first talked not so encouragingly about passion, my learned audience were very skeptical. Everywhere it is said that we need passion in our life and work. So, why would anyone say anything negative about such as fundamental ingredient of success? If we look more closely, passion may be able to help us get great results. But it can also mislead. It can cause anger, lust, and other social evils. It is the root of the arishadvargas.

When i casually talked about this with one of my marketing colleagues, he said, "I can't imagine anyone selling anything without passion." I reminded him about the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita that the majority of the world bought into. Did Jesus Christ or Sri Krishna exhibit any passion when they preached the holy texts? Knowledge dissolves all passion and drives action - should not be the other way round.