Questioner (Q): Acharya Ji, if one is attached to the Teacher, then he blocks the bridge for others.
Acharya Prashant (AP):
Yes, of course.
The Teacher is the bridge – a bridge between dimensions.
One end of the bridge is this world – space and time, thoughts, emotions, appearances. The other end of the bridge is another dimension – silence, no space, no time, no movement. But the movement into timelessness begins from a point, that is time-bound.
The one who is ushering you into the Timeless is himself time-bound.
The Atman might be immortal, the body of the Teacher is mortal. The Truth might be timeless, but the Teacher, as a body, has only definite time. He uses that time. And that is the only proper use of anybody’s time – to move into the Timeless. That is the proper use of life in this dualistic world – to move into That, which is beyond duality. So, the Guru, the Teacher, spends his life, spends his time, holding the hands of others, ushering them, escorting them into the Timeless. That is the use of his time.
