REMEMER TO REMEMBER

"Recollection" is a term in religious literature for meditation and concentration on God and prayer. 

The purpose of recollection is so a person does not lose touch with God, and is why spiritual disciplines, "sadhana" in Vedanta, are so important. 

Recollection can be as basic as momentarily turning one's attention to God throughout the day, simply thinking about God, or can be as elaborate as formal prayer and meditation. 

The importance of recollection cannot be overstated.  To not recall God on a regular basis is to allow the mind to lapse into avidya-maya, the illusory trance of everyday life, where a person is led farther and farther away from the realization of God.

Twenty minutes of meditation in the morning and twenty minutes in the afternoon, or even one thirty-minute session of meditation per day, as one's time permits, will suffice.  More is better, obviously.  But it must be consistent. 

God must never be far from mind, otherwise the mind will drop into avidya-maya as surely as an iron ball drops down a set of stairs, and the farther down the stairs it drops, the harder it is to retrieve.