There would always be a constant deep remembrance within thought shall always stay the same but whenever I will sit for practice and will close my eyes and will bring attention on the breath, wherein I'll turn the mind inwards therein, this mantra will expand in my conscious mind, in such a way and the force of that name will permeate each and every pore of the body but when I will not sit for such a practice and will do some other work be it related to job, related to running the shop walking or eating or washing clothes, whatever it might be strings of the mind shall still stay connected there only like, today this string of the mind is connected to the kids connected to the husband, to the wife it is connected to one's job or money, even if you are seated in ashram but mind wanders elsewhere if he must have done that or not, if the office colleagues would have completed that task or not so it will get reversed then when your practice matures then the physical body would stay in the world but mind, the conscious mind wouldn't stay there and all the work that has to be done now, not much thought has to be devoted to it, like for the mothers cooking managing the clothes or if she is a working woman then doing the work related to that job yes, there are some jobs that require active thinking but, let's consider that there's an accountant and a bill has to recorded in the accounts book, now in it its just reading and writing reading or typing, whatever there is no involvement in it much involvement of conscious mind is not there in it like when somebody learns to drive for the first time, then it causes huge tension but once one learns to drive then while driving, he is able to talk, eat as well as drink he is able to see what is happening here and there, he is able to take note of all the signboards which car's new model just passed by, he is able to notice that too and he is driving as well but the one who is a new learner who is still learning to drive a car, what will he do he just holds the steering wheel, and looks at the road ahead neither he looks to the left nor to the right so, intensify your prayerful remembrance and practice so much that even at night, when you mumble while being asleep, your mouth utters 'Ram' while being asleep people keep uttering something or the other There is a beautiful couplet by Kabir Ji Kabir says- "supne hu bardaaye ke jeh mukh nikse Ram supne hu bardaaye ke jeh mukh nikse Ram taake pag ki panahi mere tan ko chaam" taake pag ki panahi mere tan ko chaam supne hu bardaaye ke jeh mukh nikse Ram while being asleep, when one mumbles even in that mumbling if only 'Ram' is being uttered then, I shall remove the skin from my body, transform it into a shoe and put it on that devotee's feet 'uske panahi' means shoe that is worn on the foot I shall remove my skin make a shoe out of it I shall put in on that devotee's foot who, even while mumbling in sleep, utters Ram now it could be chant of Rama, there could be any word, of that beloved God's there are thousands and thousands of names So...some renditions are so heart-warming, what should I tell you "Kanval nain madhur bain kot sain sang sobh" "kahat maa jasod jisah dahi bhaat khaaye jiyo" this word this also appears in Bani 'kanval nain', the one who has lotus-like eyes 'madhur bain' the one whose speech is sweet 'kot sain sang sobh' who has millions of gestures of the eyes and of million devotees he enchants them, steals their hearts, just by his gestures to him, mother Yashoda is saying that milk this curd and rice that has been prepared, kindly eat it O Krishna what a play of words what a play of words so, you call him lotus-eyed or, you call him as beloved this is not some copyright that you would refer to him as only Ram or only as Waheguru or you would call him as Allah 'Att pritam' meaning, there is a dear one but they are saying- 'Att Pritam', means you are immensely dear to me "Att pritam man mohana ghat sohana pran adhara Ram" How are you? You are extremely fascinating you are immensely dear to me you are extremely beautiful you fascinate our life force any name this practice of the name when deepens now practice of the name will deepen only when your breath is steady is balanced, is deep is rhythmic The truth is if you have a bigger clock at home, wherein the clock hands produce the 'tick' sound, then do this experiment someday sit close to that clock and the 'tick' sound that it makes, acts like a metronome, now on it attune your counting to it, that how many breaths were inhaled and how much was exhaled anything can happen Kabir Sahib used to work on a handloom for sometime handloom now when he would operate it, then the sound of 'khat' would be produced so on that 'khat' sound itself he weaved his mantra to its rhythm itself his mind he attuned it with Lord The world does not need your mind, the world just needs your physical body, that you should be visible their work should be done food should be prepared, clothes should be ironed children, husband..they are happy in just these things how easy it is then Become competent don't be lazy see when you are lost in your thoughts, your all works get spoiled like, when you begin to prepare tea and there is a storm of thoughts you forget whether you have added sugar to the tea or not, and end up adding more sugar to the already sweet tea mess while preparing dal, the cumin gets burnt, but owing to the presence of a fog of thoughts in the mind, you fail to take note of the burnt cumin where have you kept the keys, you forget this too In America, I met a girl very young, hardly in her late twenties she said that I tend to forget everything so, all my important bank pin numbers, I have shared them with my domestic help the nanny who looks after the house as well as the kid, she said I have shared these details with her so when I forget, I call her up and ask her to tell me the pin number and when I have to take medicine then I tend to forget if I have had it or not, so I keep the wrapper of that medicine in my purse so I take that out and see, then I forget this only if it was consumed yesterday or today so, I mark it with a red pen by mentioning the date she said, such has become the condition of the brain Why? There is a multitude of thoughts in the mind Don't remember anything hence a mess...now, when mistakes would be committed then a problem would occur somewhere, so somebody would scold that your brain is not working properly when mistakes would be committed in banking, in accounting where ever did I lock the house or not, don't remember only was the child brought home from school, don't remember even this sat to watch a movie or television, and you had to prepare food, but forgot to take note of the time, so while entertaining the mind through the eyes, you simply forgot what your responsibility is Now, when your mind will begin to stay calm senses will work in a better way when your conscious mind becomes calm your work would be better, then your thoughts would be good the alternatives would also be good, meaning you are making one thing, alongside there would also be its beautiful alternative option Okay, this got spoiled, then there is the other option now after making that alternative option, the mind won't keep thinking about it mind has given its options you received it, and now mind again becomes quiet, why? Because we again engage the mind in remembrance of God The truth is when you will begin to become a sincere practitioner then your worldly tasks too will be done in a better way right now, even the slightest remarks make you angry; you abuse instantly, you insult your servants and then by being spiteful and getting annoyed, some or the other way they will take revenge when your mind would stay calm your conduct too, becomes pleasant When, you "Dhan joban ka garab na keeje kagad jyon gal jayega", when this conviction would occur then you will not be egotistic of your wealth when you will not be egotistic then it will reflect in your conduct when this thing will reflect in your conduct then, your servants would start loving you like their own children right now, I see that many times you behave so badly with the one who has lesser money, or with the one who is your servant or, someone who provided you some service. You are not even polite to them means, you act superior over everybody this is sheer insolence The truth is, the one who has less money, less power such a person should be treated with immense respect, he shouldn't be made to feel that you are lesser in any way. Having a penny more or a penny less makes no difference it is not a big thing "kin mein rao runk ko kar hi rao runk kar daare" in one moment if Lord wishes he can make the poor rich, or can make the rich poor "rao praja runk kar daare", runk means can make you a king or if he wishes even the king might cease to have anything "reete pare pare sikhnaare ye tako vyavhare" if it is replete then he might make it empty, or if it is empty then he might fill it up Dear, it is all a game of karma by the assimilation of karma and destiny when the time and situations are conducive then, a healthy body money wealth all these occur and sometimes, even a slight.... because brain tends to act stupidly everything is fine, there is money, there is health then you won't delay in deteriorating this health because excessive indulgence in sensory gratification will now begin as wealth comes, the ones who wish to party will appear A gentleman said to me he was saying this from a long time that you are requested to visit our house one day, I thought let's go, we are anyway going in that direction so let us visit his house, he has been saying it since a while now so, I had him called then he replied that today I have to attend people who have come from outside, I have a very important meeting with them so can we not keep it some other day so, if Gurumaa can come two hours later at seven, instead of five by that time I will be back, otherwise my wife is at home, anyway and she is there...I said he can go to hell now I said, say exactly this to him but my disciples don't say this way, they postponed it by saying things like it will be arranged some other time then I asked but why didn't you say 'go to hell' they said how can we say it, I said you are my spokesperson speak up what I am saying in person they said, no he might get hurt...so, what can I do about that, can he not see his insolent behaviour your business has become so important for you then, how shallow is your reverence
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