How to Live a Life of Adventure

“The greatest adventure in life is not about climbing a mountain, riding a motorcycle or jumping off a mountain. The greatest adventure in life is that you break at least one box in your head every day.”

—Sadhguru

When people hear the word “self-realization,” maybe it conjures up images in their minds of some Himalayan cave. I don’t want to talk about anything that is not yet in your experience because the In your life, you can have ventures or you can have adventure. Adventure means that you do not know where your next foot is going to be. That means there is danger. If there is no danger and everything is safe, there is no adventure, Adventure means you want to step into something that you do not know. If you step into the predictable, that is not an adventure; that is just an activity.

Adventure need not necessarily mean you have to go out and conquer the world. In fact, adventure means you have surrendered what you like and dislike, what is “mine” and “not mine”. Adventure means to surrender oneself to things which are beyond us. Climbing Mount Everest may look like a great adventure but straddling the peak of your consciousness is a much bigger adventure. You can do the greatest adventure with your eyes closed. Some freaky ambition of proving who you are is not adventure.

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