After transcending all veils and reaching the pinnacle, only one obstacle remains: fear. Fear doesn’t mean being anxious about losing something or someone; it means being bound to something, being incomplete. You feel insecure without that thing or person.
Fear signifies a lack of freedom. The liberated one is fearless. They are unaffected by events and duality. They don’t differentiate between good and bad, truth and falsehood. They are neutral, like zero.
The fearful person wants to achieve something, gain something, or possess someone. They seek security in people, knowledge, or powers. In contrast, the fearless one has nothing to gain or lose. They flow with the natural current, unattached.
A fearless person is light, free from burdens. They surrender to the guru’s command and the call of their soul. They don’t question why, how, or when. They are driven by a single command: the guru’s will.
As long as you are fearful, you can only be a disciple, not a seeker. A seeker is brave, a warrior. Shiva addresses the seeker as “Veer Sadhak” (Brave Seeker) in the KulArnava Tantra, not “Veer Shishya” (Brave Disciple).
A brave seeker has pierced through all veils, all powers, and all mental constructs. They have transcended the three gunas (qualities) and understood the higher world. No power, person, or scripture can influence them, for they embody the ultimate reality.
This is the state of Shiva, beyond fear, possessing the power to create and destroy universes with a mere thought. Shiva is the embodiment of fearlessness, and that’s why he can place Shakti (the divine feminine) on his left side.
