Continue to the Finish Line

Siddhananda: (showing a little rock resembling a tooth) So, we've got this little one. It's kind of making a V ... a light [shaped] like a V. I am hearing, victory. What is that ... jaya?

G: Yeah, jaya, victory.

Siddhananda: Victory! You can have that on your t-shirt and do your victory dance (smiling).

Spirit: The finishing line ... victory.

Siddhananda: You know, after you've done that. I do see it's kind of like a marathon. It's that hard where you ...

G: Exactly. You can't give up in the middle of it. You have to plan to go the distance. It's not a sprint (laughing).

Siddhananda: That's it. You get dehydrated. You get thin. I mean, it's all those kinds of austerities that one goes through along the way. You just keep going even if you're dragging (closing eyes).

Spirit: The victory is sweet.

G: Exactly. When you get to the end, it's very sweet, but, yeah, it takes a lot. There are minutes when you think you're not going to make it, and it's just an absolute effort just to get to the next minute. You can be praying ... just get me to the next minute. I mean, it can be really that drastic in the middle of the journey. It can be very, very difficult, you know, it's not easy. Sometimes one can go through really tortuous points in the journey.
 
Siddhananda: You do.

G:  ... just absolutely ... absolutely, you don't [know] how you'll make the next breath, and that's all you can do is get to the next breath. But, one passes through that, and, eventually, one does get to the end line, and there is victory, ... and victory is sweet.

Siddhananda: For sure. You know, sometimes more than once. All I can do is talk about my journey - but it does show with this that sometimes there's a casual easy [way] as you're walking through, and then other times, it's like a marathon.

G: Exactly.

Siddhananda: You're thirsty. You're dry. You're aching. You can barely move. Then other times, you've got the rain, and at other times, the sun. You know, it's like that. With those little bits of breaks, if you are lucky to have a little bit, you just keep on.

G: Exactly. So, the message is just continue forward. It is a marathon. It's not a sprint. You are not going to start it and be done in a week. You know, it could take lifetimes. One has to just continue to go towards that finish line and know that there is victory waiting at the end of it. So, continue forward. Namaste, thank you for that (gesturing with namaste hands).

Siddhananda: Thank you (gesturing with namaste hands).