Who is the master: you or your mind? Can you put your mind in OFF mode? Can you make your mind silent whenever and wherever you want? If NO, then mind has more power than you, then mind is the master and you are just an ordinary person, not even a seeker yet. To a seeker mind is a tool to analyze, to remember, to understand, to think. But when he doesn’t want to do any of this then he simply put the mind in silent mode. If you can’t do this then you don’t know how to disidentify yourself from the mind.
But In a life threatening situation, you take the charge because the mind is too lazy, mind needs time to process things, to analyse, to come to a conclusion. In a life threatening situation, the mind suddenly evaporates and a wonderful experience is there, thats why so many people take adventure as sport. They jump from plane, they go white water rafting, they swim with sharks in ocean just because in these situation mind stops all chattering naturally, and they come into present moment, they get a glimpse of thoughtlessness which happens to meditators. Meditation gives you the key to this realm of thoughtlessness and it becomes accessible to you anywhere anytime.