Calming the mind

Consciousness can be changed. You will find that you can sit down to meditate full of anxiety, full of stress, maybe full of fear, full of distraction, and at the end of the meditation you will stand up clear and calm, and you will say, ‘What was all the fuss about? I can handle this, and if I can’t handle it then there’s nothing I can do anyway.’ So you’ll find that meditation has this wonderful gift to be able to calm the mind. But we’ve got to learn it.