We have to risk going too far to know how far we can go Gita 18 37

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thank you very much Hare Krishna we have to risk going too far to know how far we can go sometimes people say this is taking things too far sometimes it’s used to talk about the truth being stretched but at other times it is used when something stretches us too much when something requires a lot of effort for us something takes us way way out of our comfort zone however anything worthwhile requires effort to do and we don’t know how much effort we are capable of how much energy we have how much potential we have till we actually exercise it so we have to risk going too far to find out how far we can go if we live in our comfort zone then we can never go very far coming out of our comfort zone and pushing ourselves to our maximum is the way to to find out what we can do and this is what everyone who has achieved something worthwhile in their lives has done and this is what we need to do if we wish to grow any aspect of our life significantly this principle applies for any uplifting fulfilling pleasure in life including spiritual pleasure Bhagavad Gita states in 1837 that that which tastes like nectar at the beginning poison at the beginning will taste like nectar at the end this means that when we are stretching ourselves, when we are risking going too far that is like poison but when we actually go further than what we thought we could that is the nectar and when we try to grow spiritually we try to raise our consciousness toward the divine it is actually the greatest opportunity for us to use all our potential to attain the highest possible destiny that anybody can attain that is life’s supreme perfection eternal spiritual realization that is filled with peace joy and ecstasy thank you