What should we do when our mind wanders away when we are trying to meditate or perform the recitation of the Divine Name? Bhagawan explains with a brilliant example and lovingly implores us to persist in our Sadhana.

Let the mind run wherever it likes; just be careful not to follow it, seeking to discover where it is going! It will then wander about for some time as the fancy takes it; soon, getting tired and exhausted, it will come back to you in the end! It is like a little child that knows nothing. Since the mother is following it and calling it back, it gets the courage and confidence to run forward in any direction, but if the mother does not run behind the child and instead retraces her steps quietly, the child too, of its own accord, will run back to the mother! Do not care for the vagaries of the mind. Carry on remembrance and meditation of the name and form that you like best, and in the manner you are accustomed to. In this way, you will acquire one-pointedness (ekagrata); you will realise your heart’s desire.