Acharya Prashant explains that the innate desire to live, or 'jijivisha', exists in every living being because there is a sense that the true purpose of life remains unfulfilled. He argues that people often waste their lives in meaningless labor, driven by social expectations or mental conditioning, rather than addressing their internal restlessness. He distinguishes between mere physical survival, which is relatively easy, and the 'real work' or 'sadhana' required for inner liberation. Using the analogy of a vector, he emphasizes that effort is useless without the right direction; true work must lead to a displacement from a state of bondage to a state of freedom.