Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - June 23, 2005

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When you meditate, the mind often runs after something else and tends

to get diverted along other channels. You then have to plug that

diversion by means of the Name and the Form and ensure that the steady

flow of your thoughts towards the Lord is not interrupted; if it

happens again, use the Name and the Form again, quickly. Do not allow

the mind to go beyond the twin bunds, the Name on one side and the

Form on the other! When your mind wanders away from the recital of the

Name, take it to the picture of the Form. When it wanders away from

the picture, lead it to the Name. Let it dwell either on the sweetness

of the Name or the beauty of the Form. Treated thus, the mind can be

easily tamed.

 

-SAI BABA