“When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering, like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.”
~ Lord Krishna from The Bhagavad Gita
Again this thing meditation is a great thing. Let us see what it means. Normally we find people in the world moving here & there & doing something or other, as it comes to their mind. They mind is extremely fickle & they get strongly distracted by anything that they perceive with their senses. This is the cause of their misery. Their mind pulls them in all directions, & poor fellows spend a very restless life.
On the other hand a person who has steadied in meditation, is not much aware of things happening around him. Since he is introverted & his mind is absorbed on his object of meditation (Sai baba). If for some reason, he is not allowed to hold his object of mediation in his mind, then he feels that he is missing something.
e.g. A person who has steadied in meditation & stands in front of a tap with water flowing from it. He can continue to be in that state. But if a restless person comes there, he will immediately object to the water being wasted.
Again for meditation it is not necessary that a person be sitting in one place. He can practice meditation while doing his worldly duties. All he needs to do is to 'carry' his object of meditation in his mind, wherever he is or whatever he is doing.
It is only when mind becomes still like the lamp in a windless place, that one can recognize his real identity (i.e. Brahman). Because restlessness is the work of Maya & only she has created (unnecessarily) all the names & forms out of what is one - Brahman.
Om Sai Ram