Acharya Prashant explains the profound difficulty of maintaining consistency in one's spiritual realization, as highlighted by Kabir Saheb. He defines 'nibhawan' (maintaining or fulfilling) as the ability to remain in the same state of being across the flow of time. While many people experience momentary glimpses of truth or love, the real challenge lies in 'Ek Ras'тАФmaintaining that same essence continuously. This means remaining untouched by the world and its influences even while living within it. He points out that the concept of 'maintaining' only arises because of time; if there were no time, there would be no need to maintain anything as everything would simply be one. He further elaborates that the human tragedy is not an ignorance of the truth, but the inability to live by what one has already seen and understood. People often experience clarity in a specific environment, such as during a spiritual discourse, but fail to carry that clarity into their daily lives. This lack of consistency is described as a form of 'infidelity' to the truth. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that we often try to ignore what we have already seen, turning our backs on the truth that stands right before us. The difficulty lies in being the same person outside a sacred space as one was inside it, resisting the urge to lead a fragmented or double life.
