Questioner (Q): The mind’s function is to think. So, what does it mean to be really free from the mind?
Acharya Prashant (AP): It means that even when you are thinking, thinking has not become too important for you.
It’s like this—In the morning, I get up from my bed and come to this hall where you are working, right? Now, the chair is there for you to sit and work but when I come in, what do you do?
Q: I stand up from my chair.
AP: You get up from the chair, right? This is how thoughts must be. The chair is there for you to sit, but when something more important comes, then get up! The mind is there to think, but when something more important is there, then pay attention to that.
Q: Respond appropriately.
AP: Respond appropriately.
