Acharya Prashant explains that Howard Roark's denial of God in 'The Fountainhead' is actually a rejection of the common, superstitious notion of God used to evade personal responsibility. Most people use the concept of God as a creator or father to justify the ugliness and rot on Earth, claiming it is God's will and must be accepted. Acharya Prashant argues that this is a myth; man possesses inherent freedom and the capacity to choose, and must therefore take full responsibility for the quality of his existence and the state of the world. God is not an active interferer or a doer but a passive facilitator—the canvas, brush, and color—while man is the painter who designs his own life. The speaker emphasizes that the only purposeful action is the demolition of bondages, ignorance, and illusions. He shares his own experience of quitting a corporate career because he disliked the way people were and felt a need to change it. True godliness is not found in praying to a fictitious figure but in exercising one's faculty of choice in a transcendent way. Howard Roark is described as a true devotee because he possesses a faith and surrender that transcend immediate conditions, refusing to let his integrity be touched or sold. To love God is to live on Earth while choosing the 'sky'—a life of transcendence rather than one mired in the 'mud' of worldly mediocrity.
