Acharya Prashant explains that courage is essentially the shadow of fear; the more one fears, the more courage one seems to require. Fear arises from a narrative of potential loss, specifically the loss of things that do not truly belong to us. He defines 'theft' in a broad spiritual sense as possessing anything that is temporary and destined to be taken away. Whether it is a physical object or a mental image, if it can be lost, it was never truly yours. This attachment to temporary possessions creates a constant state of anxiety and fear of the 'policeman'—symbolizing time or death—who will eventually reclaim them.