Be patient in the middle of your longing

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Questioner: Acharya Ji, Pranaam! Kabir Sahib says, “Are mann kahe dheeraj na dhare (O Mind! Why are you not patient).” And we are also told not to use one’s life like a waiting room.

How do I practice both these simultaneously?

Acharya Prashant: No there is no contradiction Anuranjan (the questioner). Kabir Sahib is saying, “Be patient”, I have said, “Do not use your life like a waiting room.”

You must not wait even for a second for the things that merely promise but will not deliver.

See very quickly that the promise is for the future and that future is never going to arrive, therefore there is no point waiting for that future.

Just give up. Just give up on the wait.

And Kabir Sahib is saying, “Even if you now set your eyes towards the Real target, you are not going to immediately get it. A long process of Sadhana (spiritual discipline) will be required.”

You are not going to be immediately liberated. You are a thing in time, and you will require time to melt. If you become too impatient, then you will disrupt your own journey towards the Truth.