Acharya Prashant explains that botherations do not enter one's life labeled as such; if they were clearly identified as nuisances, they would be discarded immediately. Instead, they exist in the mind under the guise of pleasures, love, and hopes. He clarifies that a botheration is defined as anything that persistently occupies the mind and cannot be easily removed. It is the sticky presence of thoughts that makes them troublesome, especially when they arrive uninvited and integrate themselves into one's sense of identity. He suggests that if one can summon or dismiss thoughts at will, they are no longer a botheration. Furthermore, he describes hurt as a double failure: first, the unnecessary collection of something, and second, the feeling of loss when that thing is taken away. To live a life free of hurt, one must look at life without the tyranny of definitions, relationships, and social norms.
