Acharya Prashant responds to a question about life feeling like a predictable, mechanical system. He uses the analogy of a small spaceship lost in the vastness of space. While the spaceship's ultimate destination and purpose are unknown, we create a sense of certainty and control by meticulously planning everything within its limited confines. We know the small, internal movements, but the grander journey of the spaceship itself remains a mystery. This planning within our limited sphere is an attempt to cope with the frightening uncertainty of the infinite. We create maps for our small world because the map of the entire universe is unknowable and beyond our comprehension. This is extended to time; in the infinite flow of time, our knowledge of our own lifespan is insignificant. The speaker then addresses the desire for something new. He explains that this desire is not for something truly unknown, but rather a desire for freedom from the old and familiar. However, since we can only imagine the 'new' based on our past experiences, our desire for it traps us in a cycle of the old. The 'new' we seek is merely a modified, redecorated version of what we already know. The truly new is not the opposite of the old; it is beyond the duality of past and future. The 'new' is the timeless present moment, while the past and future are two ends of the same duality. To be free from the past is to also be free from the desire for a future. The real revolution, he states, is to be free from both the past and the expectation of a future. This requires the courage to let go of the old without demanding a guarantee of something new to replace it. We fear the emptiness that might arise if the old is gone and the new has not yet arrived, but this is the very austerity (tapasya) required. The desire for the new is what perpetuates the old. The one who truly wants the new must be willing to let the old end without demanding a replacement. Only those who have the courage to say, 'Let the old end,' and stop there, without asking for a guarantee of the new, can experience what is truly new.