Page 10 - Liberal Exposition of Pranahuti Aided Meditation

related thoughts, all related thoughts but still not settled thoughts. Ekagravritti would mean making definite attempts – yes, this is the way in which I shall go I will concentrate on that and I will get it done.
Say for example, your physiological state is hunger. I would like to eat something just that type of talk or its alright as and when it is served I will take it or you can get into a state of mind what are all the other foods I would like to have which would be more tastier for me or may be healthier. You can change the parameter - this type of state of mind or you can definitely say I want this I want today only this particular piece of food and you try to get it.
See in all these cases what you find is your mind is running between the goal and the goal orientedness is not that clear and when goal orientedness is there then I would say that you have reached the ekagravritti. Till you have not got the goal orientation, your mind is not having any ekagravritti. It will be just running around. Why not this, why not that. Peace of mind is what I seek. Ok, today I will go to this temple, tomorrow I will go to that baba, third day I will go to that river, fourth day I will go to that pilgrimage. You have got all sorts of ideas to run around. So, our state of mind is to be judged from the goal that you are seeking. So, if you have this clarity in your mind then you can say most of your states of mind are not ekagravritti but has got so many alternatives before it and therefore it is disturbed. When you come to a state of ekagravritti then it leads you to a state of achieving. Once you know, once your mind is definitely oriented towards it, you will definitely make attempts to get it. Main problem is this goal clarity.
What is our goal? If you put this question, what is your goal of your life and if you have got an answer for it then I think you can say that half the problem is solved. At present we do not know. The same thing is put by the youngsters in a different language when they say “we don’t know what is the meaning of life sir”, “I don’t know why we are living”, “why I am asked to do this particular course why I am asked to do that course”, “why my father says that I should do this I really don’t understand”, and I see so many people in the streets in spite of all the best of qualifications “what is it that is going to happen to me” - this type of questions are there haunting the minds of the younger generation and it did to some of us earlier. All this is mainly because we didn’t know what is the goal, what is it we should ask for.