Acharya Prashant responds to a question about a mother who discourages her son from spirituality, advocating for a householder's life with examples like Shri Krishna and Shri Ram. He begins by questioning the need to convince her, stating that only those who are ready will understand. He explains that someone who is trying to pull a spiritual person back from their path is not someone who would want to enter spirituality themselves. The path of spirituality is difficult, and even among a hundred people standing at the door wanting to know the truth, only one or two might gain entry because it requires great eligibility. The questioner is trying to get someone admitted who not only doesn't want to enter but is also trying to lure away those who are already at the door. Acharya Prashant points out that the accusation the questioner levels at his mother—that she is engrossed in illusion (maya)—should first be applied to himself. He tells the questioner that he will lose this battle, not because of his mother's arguments, but because of his own attachment. The questioner claims his mother is engrossed in illusion because she talks about the benefits of a householder's life and discourages spiritual books and videos. However, by listening to all this propaganda, the questioner himself is also engrossed in illusion. It is not the mother's arguments but the son's own attachment that will lead him away from spirituality. To truly help someone, Acharya Prashant explains, one must be completely different from them. A drowning person cannot be saved by another drowning person, but by someone who is on the shore or in a boat. The questioner has many things in common with his mother. To maintain the relationship, he is preserving the illusion. He advises the questioner to be ruthless and let the old ways break. When the old breaks, it will give the strength to do something new. However, when the old is breaking, the new will not be visible, which will lead to great despair. This is where faith is needed. He quotes the Bhagavad Gita, "nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā" (becoming free from hope and the sense of 'mine'). Spirituality is not a superstition or an ideology; it is a science, the search for truth. He questions why people don't stop their children from studying science or math, which are also searches for truth. It is because those fields lead to money, career, and dowry. He concludes that those who stop someone from pursuing spirituality do so because their own profits are at stake. It is not about love. The real issue is that their profits are being affected, which is why they don't want you to read spiritual books or listen to spiritual discourses.