Acharya Prashant responds to a question about what truly belongs to an individual in life, given that most things seem to come from the outside. He begins by stating that it is a significant realization to know that everything, including our body and mind, comes from the outside. The very first cells of the body are external, and it is sustained by external elements like food, water, air, and sunlight. From beginning to end, the body is external. Even its structure, such as having five fingers or two eyes, is not something we decided. Similarly, the thoughts that arise in the mind are also external, originating from external influences that settle in the mind (chitta). The speaker then poses a counter-question: can the external itself know that it is external? He explains that the one who understands that everything is external cannot be external. This understanding or realization ('bodh') is what is truly real. However, one cannot claim it as 'mine' because the 'I' that asserts ownership is identified with the external. Everything you call 'yours'—body, name, or any acquisition—is external. Therefore, what is truly yours is something you cannot even call your own, as you have associated yourself with the external. Acharya Prashant defines life as the act of knowing or understanding ('bodh' or 'hosh'). To be truly alive is to be a conscious witness to all the mechanical processes of the body and mind, such as hunger, without identifying with them. This witnessing brings freedom and lightness. He concludes that this state of knowing is life itself. When one attains this awareness, they become joyful and free, and the natural expression of this is love—the sharing of this realization with others. To live is to know, and to know is to be conscious.