Question: I have no idea if I am thinking or if thoughts are flowing by. When I close my eyes I find it gets very uncomfortable, it starts burning.

Babaji:

When you are closing the eyes? One thing that is important, when you first start, thoughts are coming and it is very difficult. Thoughts are coming and it is an infinite process. A thought appears and you start thinking. It is habitual for the mind. You need to try and exercise a little bit of will power. If you see something, if some object is placed before you try not to think what it is. Just watch it. In the same way when you try to close the eyes, you must try and you can do it one day.

The second thing is you should not try to force it upon yourself. Skilfully you have to withdraw the mind. This means when you close the eyes, let it be politely closing and just keep watching the front portion. In the initiation we tell you to keep concentrating between the eyebrows. That may be difficult initially. It may not be easy because the eyeballs move parallely. They may not come into one point easily. Then you would be trying and it would be slipping out. What you have to do is to not worry if it's not coming. Just see the front portion whether the darkness is there, thoughts are there, anything is there. Just politely see, or even if needed try to see a little bit lower. Looking a little bit lower with the eyeballs should be slightly easier than lifting it upwards in the beginning for many people. If you try to do this, in due course of time, if you do regularly, every day, maybe in six months automatically your eyeballs will get lifted and peacefully you will be able to watch it. Try not to force. It should be a peaceful, skilful practice.