Acharya Prashant addresses the common tendency of individuals to feel peaceful and enlightened during a spiritual session, only to return to their old habits and confusion once the session ends. He characterizes this behavior as a form of escapism and internal cleverness, where one enjoys the temporary relief of a two-hour session because they know they can return to their ego-driven life for the remaining twenty-two hours. He argues that if one truly received something valuable, like a diamond, they would not simply throw it away or forget it the moment they stepped outside. The fact that the feeling fades suggests that nothing was truly internalized in the first place, as real spiritual gain only increases and never diminishes. He explains that true love and truth are not things that rise and fall rapidly; if a feeling disappears quickly, it was never genuine. Using the analogy of a school, he notes that a teacher expects a student to progress from one grade to the next, rather than repeatedly asking to be taught the same basic lesson because they forgot it. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that he does not teach anything new because everyone already possesses the truth within themselves. The problem is not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of acceptance. He asserts that while many teachers say 'do not believe, but know,' he says 'do not try to know, but accept.' People are often afraid of their own vastness and the implications of their own realization, leading them to hide from the truth they already know.
