Acharya Prashant explains that the massive popularity of yoga often stems from body identification rather than a genuine desire for spiritual liberation. Most people are attracted to yoga for physical benefits like well-toned bodies, weight loss, and the promise of curing ailments, rather than the higher stages of the eight-step process like pratyahara, dhyana, or samadhi. He clarifies that true yoga is the dissolution of the ego and the realization of final oneness, where the unworthy self disappears and only the truth remains. However, because most practitioners seek to fulfill personal desires, yoga often becomes just another tool for self-preservation and ego-enhancement. Referring to the Niralamban Upanishad, Acharya Prashant highlights how even the highest spiritual paths, including Ashtanga Yoga, can become a form of bondage if driven by the ego. He compares the ego's desperate attempts at freedom to a kitten getting more entangled in yarn or a person sinking deeper into a quagmire by struggling. No spiritual method or teacher can be effective if the individual is not truly willing to change. He warns against two types of egoic resistance: the active hijacking of the process for personal gain and the passive, more insidious resistance where a person abdicates all responsibility to the teacher or process while inwardly remaining obstinate. Ultimately, the speaker emphasizes that transformation depends entirely on the individual's honesty and intention. Many people use their 'failure' in spiritual practices as a victim card to justify returning to their old habits and cheap pleasures. They may even denigrate great teachers or scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita to relieve their guilty conscience. Acharya Prashant concludes that without a sincere desire for the truth and a willingness to take responsibility for one's own transformation, even the most sacred worship or advanced yogic practices will only contribute to further bondage.