Acharya Prashant addresses the concern of not being able to remember what is heard, even when listening attentively. He advises that this is not something to worry about, as many people have asked this question. He states that one should not aim to remember anything, but simply to listen. What is important is not memory (smriti), but listening (shravan). Whether something reaches the memory or not is of little concern; one should just listen. Memory is not important, listening is. He uses an analogy to explain this. The ground is your mind, and the rain that falls is the Guru's words. The water that fell on this ground, where has it gone? It has been absorbed deep within. It is not visible, but its proof is indirect: these trees are the proof of that water. This soil is your mind, these trees are your life, and the drops that fall should be known as grace—they are the Guru's words. It is not necessary for them to be visible on the surface of your mind, on the surface of the soil. They are absorbed and then go deep. Having gone deep, they have become invisible, not extinct. From where they have gone, they will give life to these trees. The effect of those words will be visible in your life. Your life will have a greenness, like these leaves, even if you don't remember the words. However, Acharya Prashant cautions that this should not become an excuse for not listening. If he has said something and someone repeatedly reminds you of it, yet you don't remember, then it certainly means you have deliberately ignored that thing. Then you must ask yourself if your mind is playing a game with you. Memory should not be the goal; the goal should be complete listening (poorn shravan). The scriptures say: listening, contemplation, deep meditation, and thereafter, Samadhi. He says that if there is totality in listening, then all the subsequent stages can happen quickly, spontaneously, and even instantaneously. Listening itself will become Samadhi. While listening, you will find that you are no more. He explains that Samadhi can be with seed (sabeej) or without seed (nirbeej). If you listen with great depth but save yourself, it will be sabeej samadhi. The seed of problems will remain hidden somewhere deep down. As soon as you stop listening, you will find that the problems have arisen again. But if you listen with such eagerness and readiness that the very seed of problems and tendencies is burnt while listening, then even when you are not in his presence, your old tendencies will not return. You have become seedless. This is your choice, how much you want to listen with presence.