Acharya Prashant responds to a surgeon's question about whether being in meditation can make a surgery successful. He corrects the premise by stating that only by being in meditation can a surgery be successful. He explains that the very meaning of meditation is a state where the mind has no place, attraction, or object to wander to; it has settled down firmly. This one place where the mind can settle is given various names like the Self, Truth, Peace, Silence, or Surrender. The name is not important; the reality is that the mind has settled down. Using an analogy, Acharya Prashant explains that the mind can only sit firmly when it is in the right place, just as one cannot sit comfortably on a wet surface or a nail. To sit firmly means to have found the place where one belongs. When the mind is thus settled, it doesn't need to wander. Consequently, whatever action the mind performs will be the right action, done with complete immersion, as there is no alternative to wander to. This, he says, is real, 24-hour meditation—a state where one is always doing the right thing. The speaker clarifies that the mind wanders only when there is doubt about the action at hand. To be in meditation is to be free from this root problem of seeking happiness in wrong places. Applying this to the surgeon's context, he says that success in meditation is not just about performing a surgery correctly, but it begins with the correct decision of whether to perform the surgery at all. He gives a personal example of an unnecessary surgery being recommended to him. He concludes by emphasizing that meditation is not a separate, timed activity but a continuous state, like breathing. It is life itself. Surgery should happen in the midst of meditation, and meditation in the midst of surgery. When Truth and Peace are held supreme, they are above even the patient. This is the practice of meditation: to have a healthy and natural relationship with everything, without attachment or aversion, because one is already established in what is most important.