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surrounds it, that natural atmosphere. All that helps so much that it is better to be occupied.
Q: ALSO COULD I ASK YOU ABOUT MEDITATION PRACTICE BY... I CANNOT UNDERSTAND [THE WAY IN WHICH] IT SHOULD HELP.
A: Hm mm. To be meditation means an effort to be aware. To be aware of the whole process of life, but in the beginning one can chose some object like breathing. It is a very natural object to be aware: The ingoing and the outgoing of the breath. Be aware constantly: the breath has gone out, it has come in; and the rhythm and the process and the in and out going phenomena, be aware of it. The moment you will be aware, you feel a certain change, a certain chemical change within your mind. Because when you become aware of the breathing process, mind becomes silent. The silence is automatically created. Because your total mind is engaged in seeing, in witnessing the breathing. And the rhythmic circle of breath creates an inner music. That inner music too leads you to more and more silent and sweeter moments within. When you are walking or bathing or eating or doing anything, doing farming, be aware of your breath. But this awareness, this effort of awareness should not be a strain; it should be effortless. The very effort should be effortless. It should not be strenuous, it should not become a tension, you should not do it upto an anxiety is created or a strain is created or you feel some inner tension in doing it. The effort should be effortless. It means do it without any strain.
Q: IF YOU CANNOT KEEP IT UP, THEN YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL THE MOMENT ARRIVES AND YOU CAN KEEP... I FIND WHEN I'M TRYING TO PRACTICE AWARENESS, IT DOES NOT LAST VERY LONG.
A: Mm, It will not last in the begining. It will not last for very long in the beginning, but go on doing it. Whenever you become conscious that you are not doing it, do it. If you forget it, let it be forgotten, again when you remember it, do it. Do not repent that the current was lost. Oh no, there is no repentance. Whenever you become conscious, four or five times in the day when you become conscious, do it. When you forget it, let it be forgotten. Again you will become conscious, and this becoming
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