Acharya Prashant explains that people often respect a Guru only as long as their deep-seated habits and routines remain undisturbed. He illustrates this with a story of a couple who invited a Guru for a meal but became frustrated and angry when the Guru continued eating for hours, disrupting their sleep and daily schedule. The speaker emphasizes that the couple valued their routine and ego more than the Truth or the Guru. He asserts that spirituality is not meant to be a mere part of one's life to provide comfort or help achieve worldly desires; rather, it must be the very foundation of life. Acharya Prashant warns against using spirituality as a tool for personal gain, such as reducing stress to earn more money, improving physical appearance for marriage, or achieving success in competitive exams. He clarifies that spirituality is not for happiness, success, or physical health, but solely for liberation from suffering and the ego. He criticizes the modern trend of advertising spiritual practices as means to fulfill desires, stating that spirituality is the master, not a servant to one's greed. True spirituality requires surrendering one's structure to the Truth rather than trying to fit the Truth into one's existing lifestyle.
