Acharya Prashant explains that true freedom is impossible for those who believe they are already free and making independent choices. He argues that our actions, from purchasing goods to voting, are largely pre-determined by our tendencies and external conditioning, which others can easily manipulate. The mind, he states, is like a vessel filled with external content; true freedom belongs to the 'contentless mind'—a state where one is not attached to or identified with the mental contents and can observe them objectively. He clarifies that while the brain is physically conditioned, it can be trained to become less reactive to external stimuli through conscious choices in what we consume, read, and observe.