The Covenant That Lasts

Our covenant has been broken hundreds and thousands of times.
Thy covenant, like a mountain, stands firm and stable.
Our covenant is straw, and subject to every wind of passion.
Your covenant is more than a hundred mountains.…
The Master is the one that takes your hand, and bears the burden.
Have hope, from moment to moment of receiving that breath from him.
It is no harm if you have remained long without him.
You have read that he is long in his grasp, grasping tight.
His mercy is long in gripping, and grips tight:
His presence does not keep you absent from him for one moment.
_{Rumi, Masnavi, translated by R.A. Nicholson}

This longing for the physical form, this longing which you cannot fulfill, leads you within towards the Radiant Form of the Master, which will ultimately take you back to the Father. So this physical separation serves its purpose.

…So when we don’t find the Master outside and we want to be with him, we have no alternative but to attend to meditation and see him within – and that is real darshan.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Die to Live}