Acharya Prashant explains the meaning of the verse, "Ghosts and demons do not come near." He states that if one carefully reads the Adhyatma Ramayana, which predates the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa and greatly influenced Tulsidas, one will find that Hanuman is depicted as a wise person, a knowledgeable saint. The true meaning of the verse, therefore, is that in the face of knowledge, it becomes clear that things like ghosts do not exist. Responding to a question about the wandering soul, Acharya Prashant clarifies that the ego-tendency (aham-vritti) is not a tangible entity that can wander; it is merely a tendency found in nature (Prakriti). He uses the analogy of the body being soil (mitti). This soil has a tendency to call itself "I". This tendency is not in any single particle but is present in every particle of the soil. The inert matter waits for an opportunity to manifest as "I". This tendency is present in every atom and molecule, in every form that is born. Just as a flower emerges from within a plant and is not an external entity, the ego (aham) arises from within the soil. The speaker explains that the ego-tendency taking birth repeatedly means that soil, wherever it is, is always waiting for an opportunity to manifest as something, like grass. This is a tendency of the soil. He further elaborates that the play of Prakriti continues. Even if a great sage or a liberated one's body falls, the body itself will take birth again. The body will follow its own properties. The liberated one is one who has stopped saying "I". This does not mean the tendency of their body has ended. The body will act according to its own properties. The liberated one is one who sees that all this is happening on its own, and their only task is to resolve their entanglement, to come out of it, to become a witness. They realize that they were born on the stage of Prakriti, and their job is to get off the stage. Quoting Kabir, he says, "I keep trying to solve it, but you keep entangling it."