Choosing the word

Choosing the word is important because we stay with the same word all the way through the meditation, and from day to day. So your mantra will become a wonderful gift and companion to you. It would be your way of giving care and attention to yourself and by extension, to the people around you. So you say your mantra with care and attention. You lay aside any other problem, thought or distraction that comes into your mind. Just as when you are working and you have got a difficult problem to solve or you have a deadline to meet you say, ‘I can’t deal with those other issues at the moment; I have to get this thing done.’ Well, bring that quality of determination and focus, to your meditation. That’s all you have to do. You can do it. You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t able to do your job. Or you wouldn’t be in the job for very long if you weren’t able to do it. You can do it. You have just got to apply that skill and that quality to your meditation time.