Questioner (Q): Dear Acharya Ji, with Kabir Saheb and other saints, I see that they had an intense longing for the Love of God. They continuously felt that they were in distress because of being separated from God. But Acharya Ji, you tell people that they are all right, but as long as the intense longing is there, how can I feel all right? Also, I doubt if I am eligible for the Love of God because I don't see in me such a deep urge to even die for Him as Kabir had.
Acharya Prashant (AP): I do not always tell people that they are all right. There is nothing that I, necessarily or compulsorily, have to say to everybody. Who is the one who does not feel all right? Who is the one who declares, тАЬI am not alright?тАЭ Obviously, it is not the pure Self. It is the тАЬIтАЭ sense, the ego. The ego sometimes declares, тАЬI am not alright.тАЭ And why does it declare that it is not alright?
The second part of your query tonight gives us the answer. The ego says, тАЬI am not alright, I am not good, I am not eligible for the Love of God. And if I am not eligible for the Love of God, why work? Why try? Why indulge in spiritual practice? After all, who am I? The one who is not all right. I am not good enough. And if I am not good enough, why should I even make an attempt?тАЭ Even to make an attempt, a certain feeling of wellness has to be there.
Therefore, when people insist to me that it is too bad for them, or too late for them, or that they are too weak, or too ignorant, then I tell them, тАЬNo, it is never too late, and you are not at all too weak or too diseased.тАЭ Then I tell them, тАЬYou are all right!тАЭ I do not convince them of their тАШalright-nessтАЩ or wellness, as a matter of their fact. I tell them they are all right because it is necessary to debunk any argument that the ego comes up with. Because, necessarily, every argument of the ego is aimed at only one end, and the end is to avoid the Truth.
