A young seeker, eager to attain realisation, journeyed to the home of the greatest master in the country. He asked the master, “How quickly can you teach me to be a master of the self?” The old master replied, “It might take fifty years.” Unsatisfied, the young seeker asked, “What if I am willing to meditate night and day, every day of the year?” The master replied, “In that case, even a life time might not suffice.” The master’s main point is that an important attribute of seeker of realisation is