Acharya Prashant addresses a questioner who feels restless despite spiritual practice and then wants to abandon it. The speaker explains that this restlessness is a sign that the questioner has already abandoned his spiritual practice. One cannot leave something that has already been left. If one were truly engaged in spirituality, restlessness would not arise. The restlessness itself is proof that you have already forgotten spirituality; how can you forget something you have already forgotten? If you had not forgotten spirituality, you would not have become restless. The periods of restlessness occur when there is a gap in one's spiritual practice (Sadhana). The irony is that the restlessness is caused by distancing oneself from spirituality, yet the mind's reaction is to distance itself even further. The speaker uses the analogy of a mentally ill person who gets a seizure after skipping medication and then blames the medicine, deciding to stop it altogether. The seizure is a direct result of neglecting the medicine, not a sign of its ineffectiveness. The lack of medicine is what got you into trouble. Similarly, the pain and restlessness in life are not a sign that spirituality is failing, but a reminder of its necessity. When those periods come, it should become even clearer to you how necessary spirituality is for you. One should never assume that spiritual practice can be dispensed with. The idea that one can be done with Sadhana is a trick of the mind to end it immediately. The spiritual world is subtle. Unlike physical needs like food or medicine, where the body gives clear signals, the mind doesn't get an obvious reminder when it forgets its spiritual practice. Therefore, one must consciously create "reminding mechanisms" in life. This is the purpose of cultural and traditional practices like daily prayers, visiting temples, or even having spiritual names. These are all methods for constant remembrance (Smaran). The pain and hurt one experiences are the ultimate reminders. A blow is received only when one has forgotten the essential. The blow itself is a grace, meant to make one remember. The problem is that we have thick skins and resist remembering even when hurt. So, whenever you are hurt, you must investigate what you have forgotten. It is impossible to be hurt if you remember what is truly worth remembering. The hurt comes only to those who have forgotten. The one who gives you the blow does so to make you remember something.