Giving the example of being stuck in a traffic jam, Sadhguru pointed out how achieving a calm mind is a matter of perspective. While being stuck in traffic can become a “nuisance”, observing traffic from a distance, say a hot air balloon changes our perspective towards it because of nil noise. “Once there is a distance between you and your mind’s activity, mind is not a problem. But it is a miracle,” he said, adding how a mind without chatter isn’t possible, but maintaining a distance to that chatter is. ALSO READ: When people laughed at me, I kept challenging myself: Six-time world boxing champion Mary KomStressing on how “meditation doesn’t mean a thought-less mind”, he said, “Meditation doesn’t mean a frozen brain.

Source: Indian Express July 02, 2019 00:00 UTC