Acharya Prashant explains that one suffers not because of the struggle, but because one is stuck in the struggle. He clarifies that getting stuck with anything, even the most pleasant things, is what causes suffering. To illustrate, he asks the questioner to imagine being stuck with their favorite movie for an entire week, which would quickly become intolerable rather than pleasant. The speaker connects this to the concept of Om from the Mandukya Upanishad. Om tells us of the "beyondness" that must be present in life to survive without struggle. When one is stuck, there is no beyondness; one is enveloped on all sides, in the middle of everything, which is the nature of common life. Om is a reminder that everything is ephemeral and one should not remain stuck. It is a call to drop everything and enter the silence that lies beyond. Acharya Prashant elaborates on the components of Om. The sounds 'A', 'U', and 'M' represent the waking state, the dream state (subconscious), and the deep sleep state (the fundamental ego-tendency), respectively. All these states are finite and must come to an end. The silence that follows the chant of Om is the unending, the beyond. However, in our lives, that which should end—the three states—does not, and the unending silence never begins. We live in a totally upended way. Therefore, Om serves as a great reminder whenever the world weighs too heavily upon you, or when even important tasks become too important. It reminds you to let go of the ephemeral and not exchange your essential peace for anything. Since everything is for the sake of peace, peace itself cannot be the price to get peace. When something demands your peace in a bargain, the rishis' way of saying "get lost" is "Om."