Acharya Prashant observes that the youth of India are quite willing to embrace their roots. He finds them to be less prejudiced and less encumbered with the ideologies and moorings of the past compared to previous generations. They are also more straightforward, display lesser duplicity, and do not hesitate to speak their mind. This makes dialogue easier, and where dialogue is possible, solutions emerge more easily. This gives him hope, and he finds it a pleasure to converse with young people, appreciating their energy and the spark in their eyes when they discover something new. However, he points out a problematic aspect of their value system. They have been taught to back themselves, believe in themselves, and have self-confidence no matter what. This, he explains, can sometimes become an obstacle to open and honest inquiry. If one believes they already know a lot, the urge to inquire diminishes. Similarly, being too confident in one's views and opinions can cause the ability to listen to suffer. When asked what it means to live freely and unencumbered, Acharya Prashant explains that freedom has meaning only in the context of our bondages. He states that we often do not realize we are in a shackled state, and even if we do, we tend to think the bondages are external. Through careful inquiry and attention towards the self, one realizes that the bondages are within—the concepts one carries and the beliefs one holds close to their core. Freedom, therefore, is examining what you live by, your value system, seeing where it comes from, whether it truly helps you, and then dropping what is unnecessary. Addressing why many are disconnected from their spiritual heritage, he uses an analogy of a successful eatery, 'Shiva Dhaba'. Because the original was so wonderful, many duplicates mushroomed to encash its popularity, eventually causing the original to be lost. Similarly, because India's original scriptures were so powerful and pure, they attracted many parasites. These charlatans and fraudsters created their own versions, leading to a proliferation of books, traditions, and gurus, each claiming to be the real one. The success of the real fathers has become the curse of the descendants. The solution, he suggests, is to go to the original scriptures and keep everything else aside.