If you want to handle the mind very effectively, immediately, try this. Give it something practical to do. Do not dwell on thoughts which are negative. We be a clear about whose company you want to keep. The more we have cluttered room, cluttered possessions in lifetimes, accumulation of things, our mind is on those things. Ah, next thing is to practise some amount of asceticism. But that i don't mean become a monk. A simple life, few positions, few activities. As i said, neither seek nor avoid few activities, few positions. It's good if you do it something physical. So if you do that, the mind will stop. It