Attention under control

December 19, 1987

So the attention, wherever it goes, has to be under our control. We have to keep it all the time under our control. As Namadeva has said very clearly, in Guru Grant Sahib has written, that, when a little child is flying a kite, he’s talking to everyone, he’s playing, but his attention is on the kite. And when a housewife is carrying her duties, putting her child on her waist and working, then she’s doing all kinds of work, but her attention is on the child. The ladies who are carrying three-four earthen pots on their heads, water filled up to the brim, are walking, talking to each other, having mirth and enjoyment, but the attention is on the earthen pot on their heads. In the same way, whatever adventure you are into, whatever you are doing, your attention should be on your Spirit. Then everything is under control, and you can never get enveloped into anything where attention should not be lost.

So, these two problems we have, and those problems even after Realisation people have it. So please try, when you are not meditating, to keep your attention on your Spirit.