Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to avoid being influenced by others by first explaining the nature of the mind. He describes the mind as a "crying vacancy" or an "unclean, half-filled emptiness" that will always need someone or something to be with, to hold, and to fill itself up. This inherent need means that being influenced is a psychological imperative; it is impossible not to allow something to enter and occupy you. The real problem is not that you are influenced, but by whom you choose to be influenced, as the option to not allow anyone in does not exist. The speaker argues that seeking fulfillment from any person, thought, idea, or object from the world is a path that has been repeatedly tried and has always failed. Because nothing in the universe can provide lasting inner fulfillment, humanity was compelled to invent the abstraction of "God" or "Truth." This concept represents an entity beyond the world, a "somebody who is a nobody," that can offer the ultimate satisfaction the mind craves. This invention is a compulsion born from the failure of everything worldly to satisfy us. The way to connect with this Truth is not positive but negative; it involves the continuous rejection of the false. The false is defined as that which does not provide ultimate, unconditional satisfaction. The method is to stop entertaining the hope that any worldly thing or person can provide what you are truly looking for. The very act of rejecting the false is what builds the power and faith to continue. The ability to detect and reject the false is the only way Truth manifests in one's life. The primary relationship must be with the Truth, and from that central relationship, all other relationships will fall into their rightful place.