Each actor must be conscious of God's presence behind the screen of maya (illusion); each must be anxious to catch the faintest suggestion He might give, keeping a corner of the eye always on Him and having the ear pitched to catch His voice. Instead of this, if a person forgets the plot and the story (that is to say, the work for which one has come and the duties that appertain thereto), neglects to watch the Presence behind the screen, and simply stands dumb on the stage, the audience will laugh at his folly and charge the person with spoiling the show. For these reasons, every actor who has to play the role of a person on the world stage must first learn the lines well and then, remembering the Lord behind the screen, await His orders. The attention must be on both: the lines one learned for the role and the stage manager’s directions. Meditation alone gives one this concentration and awareness.
– Dhyana Vahini, Chap 6: "Meditation Reveals the Eternal and
the Non-Eternal"