Acharya Prashant explains that according to Ashtavakra, even if Brahma, Vishnu, or Mahesh were to instruct you, you cannot be established within until you have forgotten everything. He emphasizes that one must let go of old accounts and perceptions for any real transformation to occur. While memories themselves may not be erased, the meanings we assign to them can change. He uses the analogy of a scratch remover on a car to explain that what we perceive as a 'new meaning' is often just the dissolving of the old. Eventually, as layers of old meanings are cleared away, one reaches a state of being empty of all meanings. The purpose of scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita is not to add more weight to one's mind or provide a new vision, but to clear away old visions and make one 'vision-less,' thereby removing the egoistic observer.
