The moment you identify yourself with something that you are not. Your mind will not stop for a moment, you do whatever you want.
Additional information/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMt6ySMOeY (Midnights with the Mystic: Conversations between Sadhguru and Cheryl Simone) (1:45:10)
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