Acharya Prashant explains the significance of remaining constantly meditative, as advised by a Guru to his disciple. He clarifies that meditation does not mean abandoning worldly activities like playing football or shopping in a market. Instead, it means maintaining an unwavering allegiance to the Truth while engaging in these activities. Using the metaphor of walking through a market, he suggests that one can observe and even participate in the world, provided they are mentally accompanied by the 'Beloved', 'Father', 'Mother', or 'Friend'тАФterms representing the ultimate Truth or the Divine. This constant companionship ensures that the world does not overpower the individual. He emphasizes that being meditative means staying in the right 'place' or state of being, regardless of external circumstances. He dismisses the notion that enlightenment is a final, irreversible event where one can afford to become careless. Even for a Buddha, awareness is necessary, though it becomes their natural state. Acharya Prashant warns that as long as one resides in a physical body, the potential for falling back into old patterns and delusions remains. The body is a house of tendencies, and accidents can happen at any moment if one loses focus. Quoting Kabir Saheb, he notes that the mind should never be considered truly dead; it can revive and deceive even when one feels they have conquered it. He points out that even great sages in scriptures were sometimes seen exhibiting traits like anger, illustrating that no awakening is absolute as long as the body exists. Therefore, constant vigilance and awareness are essential to prevent the 'cloth' of one's consciousness from becoming stained by worldly attachments and vices.
