Let the mind run wherever it likes; just be careful not to follow it, seeking to discover where it is going!
Mind will then wander about for some time as the fancy takes it; soon, getting tired and exhausted, it will come back to you in the end! It is like a little child that knows nothing.
Since the mother is following it and calling it back, it gets the courage and confidence to run forward in any direction, but if the mother does not run behind the child and instead retraces her steps quietly, the child too, of its own accord, will run back to the mother!
Do not care for the vagaries of the mind. Carry on remembrance and meditation of the name and form that you like best, and in the manner you are accustomed to. In this way, you will acquire one-pointedness (ekagrata); you will realise your heart’s desire.
– Dhyana Vahini, Ch 8.
"I draw to Me, My man from far off or even across the seven Seas to Shirdi, like a sparrow with a string fastened to its feet"-Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual Guru-God 