Problems will continue as long as you want them to stop

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

Question: There are times when I feel that there is a flickering in observation. For how long it will continue?

Acharya Prashant: It will continue as long as you want it to cease.

It will continue as long as you want it to stop. When you do not want it to stop, it stops. As long as you have problems with it, it will continue.

Listener1: It is very very strong even when I am just the observer.

AP: Let it be strong. Let it carry you away. Your resistance is what keeps furthering it. Let the storm come, let it carry you away, keep watching. When the bouncer is bowled to a good batsman, he may hook, he may duck, he may play, he may leave but one thing is certain — he must always keep his eyes on the ball.

Keep watching.

It does not matter what you do with it. If it is the requirement of the game, hook it, pull it. If it is the requirement of the game, bend-down, duck. But never for a moment you must take your eyes off the ball; keep watching. If it is carrying you away, let it carry you away. If you can evade being carried away, evade. Your powers are a function of time. Your powers will never be the same and infinite. But…