Why do you always say that one should save their mind at all costs? Can you please throw some light on this

Question - Gurudev, why do you always say that one should save their mind at all costs? Can you please throw some light on this?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - When our mind is caught up in events it goes on chewing on it like chewing gum which doesn't give nutrition and it also tires the mouth.

Entertaining thoughts are as useless as that. The very nature of the world is to irritate us. The ultimate skill is to move through life without letting the daily irritations and conflicts touch our inner core.

Just imagine we are walking 'immaculately dressed' on a muddy road on a rainy day. Vehicles are plying up and down splashing muddy drops all the time. How careful will you be to protect your beautiful dress?

So how much more care we should take to protect our mind which is more beautiful than beauty itself (Srutwapi Suddha Chaitanyam Atmanam Athi Sundaram).

Protect your mind like a Belgian glass. Even a small scratch destroys its beauty. Drop the small mind and be with the Big mind which is your true nature (Suddha Budha Swaroopam - Pure Consciousness).

You know, at all costs, you should save your mind. You will find in your day to day life that people will come and put some negativity that makes your mind, your determination, shaky. Don’t let this happen. When you are deeply connected inside, when you have that intuition, you will just smile through them all. You will put a filter into your ears.

The moment we learn this skill, WE WILL BE FREE!