Because you underestimate Maya. Because maybe you are in the illusion that you have conquered, that you have left her way behind. Because probably you do not perceive that you too are still threatened. You feel, 'Oh, the thing is so easy, I overpowered it. Why is my dad not able to accomplish this simple feat?' Maybe it's actually so difficult that not only your dad is failing—even you have not fully succeeded.
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Questioner: So, I notice I feel this sense of desperation or urgency that my parents would get the teachings. And I guess if I go deeper into that, I think that sense is because I don't want to really talk about the other stuff that perhaps we used to talk about before. I don't want to know who's getting married, I don't want to know who's working where, I don't want to know the gossip. So I can see that's my self-interest in just not finding that interesting.
So, I'm trying to teach them or show them something else, and I notice I get frustrated. When they don't feel interested in it, I just drop it and I move on, and I don't really engage. I kind of ignore them when they talk about the other stuff, and then I feel guilty that I'm just ignoring them. I can sense that they feel that I've just kind of cut myself off and gone away.
So, my question is: Why doesn't it seem to be a middle path? It's either 'get the teachings' or…"
**Acharya Prashant: I get what you're saying. There is a middle path, there is a convergence. You can very fearlessly engage with them in topics of their choice. Don't worry; get into what they want to say, see what they want to say, and if your understanding has any roots, then your engagement will slowly, gradually nudge them towards the right space.
