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The chit can roam internally, inside the body, as well as externally. The chit can see and know everything that is going on in the mind.
Consequences of an absent chit 'We asked a mill owner who was visiting 'us' in Santa Cruz, "Sheth have you ever eaten a meal properly? Do you keep your chit in place when you eat? What is the cause of high blood pressure? It is because you eat without the presence of your chit." The poor Sheth became humbled and put his head in my lap and said, "Yes Dada, I have never eaten with my chit in my food."
What did Lord Krishna say? He said, "Enjoy what is in front of you and do not worry about what is not." When there is food in front of you, eat peacefully with your chit in the food. It will taste very good if your chit is present. You would not enjoy even a thirty-two course meal if your chit is absent. If you give this body only a small amount of rice, it will be content whole night. But instead what people do is their body eats at the table but mentally they are in their factories or their places of business. Then they have heart attacks. Their hearts fail! They didn't fail at school, but they fail here!
Observe the animals when they eat to see if their chit is wandering around. A dog wags his tail with excitement when he is eating. All animals eat in the presence of their chit but when these sheths, doctors, lawyers eat; they eat in the absence of their chit. That is why they have problems of high blood pressure and heart attacks. High blood pressure and heart attack is a consequence of an absent chit. The blood vessels become hard because of this. What would become of a patient if the doctor's chit were absent while he was performing a surgery? There are endless operations going on within while eating, and therefore eat with your chit focused on the food. Check to see if your chit is present while you are eating by asking "Are you present?"
There will come a time when even the doctor's chit will wander. It is a good thing that it remains focused during surgeries. They would kill the patient otherwise or you may even find things like scissors and forceps after the body has been cremated. It is the fear of making such mistakes that the doctor's chit remains focused on what he is doing.
It may not be possible to have your chit in everything you do, and that is fine, but it must be present when you eat.
Questioner : Dada is it like the saying, 'Work while you work and play while you play?'
Dadashri : That saying is meant for the foreigners who are natural and spontaneous, not for vikalpi (where there is excessive interference of intellect) people like the Indians! That saying does not apply to the Gnani; because the Gnani's external and internal actions are natural and spontaneous. Gnani's chit is never absent.
This statement is useless for Indians, so why use it? Nevertheless, the only thing 'we' tell you to do is keep your chit present when you eat. If you have to leave for the office at 11 o'clock and it is already 11:15, then remember Dada and say, "Dada you told us to keep our chit on our food when we eat. But it is already 11:15, I don't care: I am doing what you told me: to eat in the presence of the chit. So now the responsibility is yours Dada." Then the chit will remain where it should and the boss can say whatever he wants. After all he too is dancing according to his prakruti. He is just like a top! He has not attained the realization of the Self. He has not become a Purush yet! The whole world moves about in the state of bondage of the non-self.
Chit should be present while eating so that you can tell whether the fritters have too much salt or not enough, or whether there is enough chili powder or not. When a person
