The moment you are in constant remembrance, the tendency is gone. The two cannot exist side by side. It is only when we slip out of remembrance that this world grasps us. It is like a man, you know, as long as he is in the train, he is not on the ground. The moment he is on the ground, he is not in the train. He cannot be in both. So slip out of remembrance, this world catches you. Get into remembrance, this world loses its hold, absolutely! Clean system and constant remembrance. If the two are there, instant Saint!

When we remember the Master, we forget ourselves. We don't have to make an effort to forget ourselves, you just remember him and the whole problem is solved. We have all seen this with Babuji hundreds of times. He used to suffer but he was not aware of it. His body was suffering. Suddenly somebody would remind him, "How is your stomach ache?" He would say, "Now you have reminded me, I feel the pain." And his technique was the same, he was in remembrance of Lalaji. So he had no problem, in the sense that the problems did not affect him.

Now, we want to have no problems at all. This is not possible. Because we have the samskaras of the past, some of them we have to undergo even though 90%,98% is removed by cleaning. But by teaching this technique of constant remembrance, He makes it possible for us not to undergo the effect of the bhoga even. Then comes the stage when we can suffer without suffering, enjoy without enjoying, we are not conscious of these things.

So this is the secret of constant remembrance. It makes us forget ourselves. When we forget ourselves, we forget our problems, our pains, our sufferings. And at the same time, because of our remembering him, love for him grows. Love becomes established and surrender becomes possible. When surrender is established there is nothing left to do. So remembering him gives us double benefit. Removes our suffering and makes surrender possible.

As we develop, our inputs have to match our existing level of subtlety. In thoughts, in words, and deeds. Our thoughts must be so subtle, even what we take in through our senses must be subtle - we should not hear nonsense; we should not read nonsense; we should not see nonsensical things. So you see, there is the need for total awareness - "What am I thinking now? Is it right? Is it good for me? Am I thinking a thought, which would perhaps convert my high spiritual state to a lower one, by transforming me into another gross level? Let me beware of this." Saints are not consciously thinking of anything, you see. This is the greatest benefit of constant remembrance of Master. My mind cannot think of anything else. If it cannot think of anything else, there is nothing good or bad about it.

So you see, the sole and only totally effective practice to keep us on the straight and narrow path without deviation, without problems arising, without any embarrassing situation being created, is constant remembrance. Because the mind is better occupied, it cannot wander here and there. It is constant remembrance which can prevent my grossness being acquired.

If you work for the Master 24 hours of the day, it becomes his duty to look after you. Now, I cannot think of a better bargain than this, you see. My stupid human brain, my weak human body, my corrupt human heart, with these I work for Him and He looks after me with His Divine Love, Divine Heart, Divine Protection. Can you ever get a better offer anywhere? So this is the secret of working for the Master.

One who aspires to reach the Goal must be vigilant lest his feet stray off the path. How to be vigilant? Is it possible to be in the permanent state of alertness? It is possible. It is constant remembrance. One in remembrance of the Master keeps his mind on Him and Him alone, and this automatically and effectively prevents everything else from coming to the abhyasi's awareness. This is the only sure way of avoiding all distractions and diversions, and thus of keeping one's feet surely on the path of progress following in the Divine footsteps of Great Master.

What you have done in the past, you cannot change, absolutely. It is finished. But I have a right to change my life in such a way that the past has no effect upon me - through cleaning, through meditation. Cleaning gets rid of the past, meditation creates the future, remembrance now prevents me from indulging myself in my fancies. In His remembrance what I do is always right.

The lover sees only the beloved, the Master; listens only to the Master; reads only what the Master writes; follows only the Master. So when you are in constant remembrance, you are only with the beloved, and nobody else. Not even in your thought, because all mischief begins with the thought. So, when the thought is regulated and directed towards the beloved, it is like floating on the river - no right, no left. I am following Him whom I love. He cannot mislead me, because His interest is in me, in my growth, and in my evolution.

If Babuji could work with absolute mastery, it was because he worked in the memory of his Master, with total faith and dedication. If I am ever able to duplicate his faith in and his devotion to his Master, then my work will also be as masterly. So what we do and how masterly it is depends on our devotion to the Master and our remembrance of the Master.

There is a gradation from the Vedic to the Gita, to the Master's teachings. The Vedic is purely mechanical and seems to recommend faithless individual human effort. The Gita says, "Work as a human being, forget the result." My Master says, "You have to work, but forget you are a human being; think of the Master and then He begins to work through you; forget you are a human being, work in His remembrance, then the miracle happens that His power works through you."

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