The mind is both your best friend and your worst enemy. It’s your friend when it operates with intelligence and attention, but when there is no attention, when there is no care or love, then intelligence does not function. And then, the mind is your worst enemy. A prisoner knows no joy, no freedom, no love. Your own sleep keeps you imprisoned. The moment you wake up, you are free.
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Questioner: We have been told that the mind is a prison of thoughts and beliefs. How to get rid of this prison?
Acharya Prashant: ‘The mind is a prison,’ is a correct but incomplete statement. Remember, the mind is limited by the brain but the mind is not merely the brain. What is it beyond the brain?
Questioner: Intelligence.
Acharya Prashant: And that is not a prison.
The mind is surely a prison when intelligence is not in operation.
