If we think of some disturbing topic while eating our food, it will cause disturbance in our mind. That is why it is our traditional practice that while people are eating their food, no one should talk to them of unpleasant topics. The reason for this is that the moment we think of something and a thought passes through our mind, our heart attunes itself to that kind of thought. When you are sitting at home, if somebody shouts out that there is a scorpion running, irrespective of whether there is a scorpion or not, the very word will make us all shudder, react and move away. Therefore, a particular thing which enters our mind will make us get attuned to that thought in all our actions. So it follows that if we continue to think of the divine qualities of God, there is a chance that we ourselves develop those divine qualities in us.

- Summer Roses on Blue Mountains, 1976, Ch 4.