In response to a question about how the objects we enjoy end up enjoying us, based on a quote from J. Krishnamurti and a verse from Bhartrihari's Vairagya Shatkam, Acharya Prashant explains that this is a fundamental truth. He states that whatever you hold with the intention of enjoying it, it is impossible for that thing not to become your master. He illustrates this with the examples of wealth (kanchan) and women (kamini), which are the most desired objects of enjoyment. Acharya Prashant contrasts the miserable condition of poor, laboring women with those seen at lavish weddings, adorned in jewelry worth lakhs that they haven't earned. He points out that the husband who brought his wife home with the intention of 'enjoying' her has, in fact, been 'enjoyed' by her. The expensive lifestyle she leads, which she has not earned, is evidence of who is truly enjoying whom. Similarly, a person who buys an expensive car becomes its slave, constantly worrying about its maintenance, insurance, and any potential scratches. The car ends up 'enjoying' the owner, not the other way around. While this is harder to see with an inanimate object like a car, it is clearer in human relationships where both parties are conscious. The core principle, he explains, is to avoid becoming the master of anyone if you do not want to become a slave. In the strange game of existence, you become a slave to the very entity you try to master. If you form a relationship with the intention of enjoying someone, you will inevitably become their servant. If your freedom is dear to you, do not enslave anyone. If you find yourself a slave in life, it is a direct indication that you have tried to enslave someone. To attain freedom, you must free all your 'slaves,' because you are a slave to the very ones you consider your slaves. Further elaborating on a query about the Kena Upanishad, where the wise one is described as being beyond both knowing and not-knowing, Acharya Prashant clarifies that anything that has an opposite belongs to the realm of nature (Prakriti) and duality. The wise one transcends this duality. All knowledge involving a knower and a known object exists within the mind and nature. The ultimate goal of spirituality, as seen in the Upanishads, the Gita, and Zen, is to turn the focus away from external objects and characteristics and onto the mind itself. The aim is to break the mind's stubborn patterns and conditioning. All great teachers, whether called Ved Vyas, Shri Krishna, or an Upanishadic Rishi, are essentially one because the consciousness from which truth emerges is one.