Acharya Prashant explains that the universe is not external to the observer but is a composite system where the subject and object are one. Using Kabir Saheb's metaphors of the moon and sun within the body, he clarifies that man does not merely see the moon; rather, the man and the moon exist as a single unit. The human ego, being a dependent entity made of flesh, uses limited senses and a brain of flesh to comprehend reality, which inevitably leads to failure and confusion. He describes the ego as a drunken soldier using substandard weapons, unable to truly understand the universe because it is enmeshed within it rather than being its witness.