Suppose, the temperature suddenly drops and we start feeling cold. We cannot deny the sensation of cold, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we have to immediately run away from the situation. If the cold is bearable, we accept the body’s default reaction and still focus on our intention. Similarly, if we understand that whenever there’s uncertainty, the mind will give a default reaction of anxiety, we can differentiate ourselves from the mind’s default reaction and focus on our intention.

Anxiety is just the mind’s reaction to uncertainty. To deal with anxiety, ensure that the mind’s default reaction doesn’t become our reaction.

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18.35 And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion – such unintelligent determination, O son of Pṛthā, is in the mode of darkness.