Be Obedient to the Longing

Q: How can Ideepen my longing for Liberation?

A: By being obedient to it. You must be obedient to that longing above all others. Always put that longing first —then you will be successful. That longing will surely lead you home, but not necessarily in the way that you have in mind. That cannot be known before¬ hand. Most people accumulate too many ideas about what is going to happen and how it is going to happen. In this, they are following only their mind, lost in imagination. Real longing for Liberation is something that burns. In that burning there is no mind, there is no age, there is no face and there is no history —there is only that longing. Force yourself to be obedient to that longing. If you cannot, then you will surely start looking in other places, because you will want to find some security in this very miserable world. Be vigilant. Be obedient to that longing alone. 2 0