Acharya Prashant explains that one must be serious about something, and this is a compulsion because we are born troubled. A child is never born in a state of samadhi, silent, or at ease; they are always restless. Because we are troubled, we are always in search of something. There is always something important to us because our current state is one of trouble. Therefore, we must be serious about something to get out of this state. The question is not whether to be serious, but what to be serious about. The right thing to be serious about is that which is truly worth attaining. Attention ('Dhyan') means to attain that which is worth attaining, to hold on to it, keep it in your heart, and always be with it. This is so that you don't have to be serious about other things, because even if you are serious about them, you will not gain anything. The correct approach is to have complete seriousness towards the right thing and a natural, easy-going attitude ('sahaj bhav') towards everything else. For instance, the speaker's life does not depend on a pen, but that doesn't mean he will disrespect it. There is a natural relationship with it, and this should be the case with everything in the present and future. We have a delusion that unless we are serious about an object, goal, or person, we will not attain them or the relationship will not work. This is a misconception. Seriousness is needed, but for that one important thing. With that one thing, you will have ease ('sahajta') with everything else. This ease comes only when you are serious about that one thing, which is non-negotiable. Everything else can be treated with ease, as there is nothing special in either direction. Since we are seated in the right place, that place itself will tell us whether to go right or left. The name of that advisor is 'Dhyan'. Those who are in 'Dhyan' are told by 'Dhyan' itself what is right. The advisor is more valuable than the advice. 'Dhyan' is needed at every moment because we are always making decisions. 'Dhyan' is not concentration ('ekagrata') on an object with form, but attention to that which is formless. The opposite of seriousness is not indifference, but 'sahajta' (natural ease).
