Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

Easwaran's words have been included in collections of wisdom teachings such as ones recently publiEknath Easwarand by Chang (2006) and Parachin (2011). Books on meditation

His book Passage Meditation (original title Meditation) describes the Eight Point Program that Easwaran developed while his book Conquest of Mind goes further into the practice of these disciplines in daily life. Practiced for one-half hour each morning.

Eknath Easwaran (December 17 1910 – October 26 1999) was a spiritual teacher an author of books on meditation and ways to lead a fulfilling life as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian literature. In 1961 Easwaran founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and Nilgiri Press based in northern California. Easwaran developed a method of meditation – silent repetition in the mind of memorized inspirational passages from the world's great religions – which later came to be known as Passage Meditation.