On Nitnem Sahib: Watch where your time is going

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

गोबिंद मिलण की इह तेरी बरीआ ॥

Gobinḏ milaṇ kī ih ṯerī barīā.

This is your chance to meet the Lord of the Universe.

अवरि काज तेरै कितै न काम ॥

Avar kāj ṯerai kiṯai na kām.

Other efforts are of no use to you.

मिलु साधसंगति भजु केवल नाम ॥१॥

Mil sāḏẖsangaṯ bẖaj keval nām. ||1||

Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, vibrate and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

रहरास साहिब, पाँचवा महला (Rehraas Sahib, Fifth Mehla)

~ Guru Granth Sahib, Page: 378

Question (Q): If this is the advice by the Guru, how do we apply this in our everyday life?

Acharya Prashant (AP): What is the advice being quoted?

Gobinḏ milaṇ kī ih ṯerī barīā.(This is your chance to meet the Lord of the Universe).

Avar kāj ṯerai kiṯai na kām.(Other efforts are of no use to you).

Mil sāḏẖsangaṯ bẖaj keval nām. (Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, vibrate and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord).

So Anna is asking, “How is the Guru’s advice to be applied in our everyday life?” Look especially at the middle line among the three.

The first line says, “This is your chance to meet the Lord of the Universe.” The second line says, “Other efforts are of no use to you.” The third line says, “Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, vibrate and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.”

Note what the second line, the middle line is saying, “Other efforts are of no use to you.”

All the other actions are just waste.

Only the action directed towards the…