Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Since you see this as myth, why not see it personally, as each of us facing our own Arjuna and Krishna? Facing our Duryodhana, king of the demons, on our battlefield of Kurukshetra? As another possibility, that is the way I interpret the dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna.
Tom T: In Jed McKennas book #2 Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment, He makes the same argument and goes into it in great detail. He also ties that same metaphor to the Moby Dick story. A great read written by one of us. Tom T