What This Article Is Not
Let’s start here —
This isn’t a spiritual blog post.
Not a quote fest.
Not a “Top 5 Lessons from the Gita.”
This is a raw, role-played, never-before-written session between a burnt-out Arjuna and a therapist Krishna — not as gods and warriors, but as two people sitting in a closed room, untangling the lies we all live by.
Ready?
Arjuna Walks In (And Lies)
Arjuna (28, male, high-functioning, anxious)
Occupation: Consultant
Symptoms: Chronic indecision, people-pleasing, internal shame
Arjuna: I think I’m just tired.
Krishna (Therapist): From what — or from pretending you’re not?
Silence. Arjuna blinks.
Arjuna: I’m supposed to have it figured out by now.
Krishna: Who sold you that deadline?
Arjuna: My family. Society. Myself, maybe.
Krishna: Sounds crowded in your head. Where are you in all of that?
He doesn’t know how to answer.
And that’s the truth.
“But I Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone”
Arjuna: I stay because I don’t want to disappoint people.
Krishna: Then you’re choosing guilt over truth. That’s not love. That’s fear in costume.
Arjuna: If I walk away, they’ll think I failed.
Krishna: And what do you think?
Arjuna: …I think I already failed, just by living this life for them.
Krishna nods. The silence says more than words.
Anxiety ≠ Confusion — It’s Suppressed Knowing
Arjuna: I don’t know what I want.
Krishna: You do. You’re just terrified of losing what you’ll need to let go of to have it.
Arjuna clenches his fist.
Krishna: Who benefits from your confusion?
Arjuna: My family. My boss. My partner.
Krishna: And who suffers from your silence?
Arjuna: Me.
Therapy isn’t revelation. It’s remembrance.
And Arjuna is beginning to remember.
Dharma Isn’t Destiny — It’s a Decision
Arjuna: What if I make the wrong move?
Krishna: Dharma isn’t about “right” or “safe.” It’s about real.
Arjuna: What if I lose everything?
Krishna: What if you lose yourself trying to keep it?
We keep calling it confusion.
Krishna calls it disconnection.
What Healing Actually Sounds Like
Arjuna: I still don’t have all the answers.
Krishna: Healing doesn’t give you answers. It gives you permission.
Arjuna: Permission to what?
Krishna: To stop performing. To start living.
No epiphanies. No enlightenment.
Just Arjuna, exhaling without guilt for the first time in a decade.
🪞 You Are Arjuna. You Are the Client in Denial.
This wasn’t just a reimagined Mahabharat.
This is your story.
You’ve stayed in jobs that made you shrink.
You’ve called burnout “duty.”
You’ve said “I’m fine” because falling apart isn’t productive.
But Krishna’s therapy room doesn’t care about your image.
It cares about your integrity.
And if you’re brave enough,
this is your Kurukshetra.
