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I have got my personal experience. My eldest son, when he was about two years old, very much naughty, always doing some mischief. So my friends who used to visit me, he would call my son— his name was Paccha—"Paccha, if you sit down for one minute silently, I'll give you this thing." So the boy failed. He could not sit down even for one minute. So that is not possible. This is the nature. How can you stop your consciousness working? That is not possible.

So either to think that, "Stop consciousness altogether," that is also not perfect, and either to accept simply consciousness, that "I am consciousness," without any conscious engagement, that is also not perfect.
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[[Vanisource:660408 - Lecture BG 02.55-56 - New York|660408 - Lecture BG 02.55-56 - New York]]
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A naughty boy, creating some mischievous things. The father calls you, "My dear boy, can you do this?" "Yes, father, I can do it." So he turns his attention from that mischief-making to something good. Because they want to be active. Children, they want to be active. You cannot stop them. You cannot say that, "Stop and sit down here." How he can . . .? Artificially, you can do. By the fear of the father or the mother, he can sit down for a moment. But that is not possible. That is not possible. You must give him some engagement, good engagement.

(chuckles) I, I have got my personal experience. My eldest son, when he was about two years old, very much naughty, always doing some mischief. So my friends who used to visit me, he would call my son— his name was Paccha—"Paccha, if you sit down for one minute silently, I'll give you this thing." So the boy failed. He could not sit down even for one minute. So that is not possible. This is the nature. How can you stop your consciousness working? That is not possible.

So either to think that, "Stop consciousness altogether," that is also not perfect, and either to accept simply consciousness, that "I am consciousness," without any conscious engagement, that is also not perfect. You have to understand that you are consciousness, not this body; at the same time, you have to engage your consciousness to the supreme activities. Unless you do that, your life will not be perfect.
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