Vigilance – Head or Heart

We've been talking about these spiritual paradoxes. Effortless versus fully devoted. Vigilance and yet not concerned. It can sound strange. How does one be fully vigilant and yet effortless? You see?

So what is the difference between being vigilant and the checker guy? The checker guy is the most oppressive, especially in the lives of spiritual seekers, where everything it hears in Satsang then it wants to create a report card and keep checking: am I this, am I that, am I doing like this, am I doing well, am I doing badly?

Then the masters would say: no, you must leave this checker guy, be unconcerned, and yet watch, be fully vigilant.

So what is the difference between checking constantly and being vigilant? So checking is mostly based on the conclusions that we draw. Checking depends on the report card that we make.

Vigilance is more alive. It's just there's a gravitational pull of Maya. There's a natural longing to be in the heart. So vigilance is to be aware, be vigilant through the push-pull. You see.