Acharya Prashant explains that whatever comes from the outside, such as happiness, sorrow, profit, loss, favorable and unfavorable situations, birth, and death, is indeed subject to fate. These are coincidences over which one has no control. He clarifies that this does not mean one has no control over anything. The purpose of listing these uncontrollable aspects is to prevent individuals from making futile attempts to control them, which only wastes time and energy. People constantly try to control these external events to gain a false sense of security, seeking to escape death, attain permanent happiness, and avoid sorrow. This is a misguided effort to find security and continuity in a dimension where none exists. The speaker emphasizes that one can never be the master of the external world, which includes nature, coincidence, and fate. However, one can become the master of oneself. The true meaning of the teaching is to stop making efforts in the wrong place (the external world) and start applying them in the right place (the self). The desire to conquer the world stems from not having conquered oneself; the mind is like an untamed horse that wants to roam freely. Therefore, the primary effort should be to conquer oneself, which ultimately means the dissolution of the self. This is the only way to gain self-control. While external dualities like happiness-sorrow and favorable-unfavorable situations will continue to occur, one can train the inner experiencer to remain unaffected. With the right training, both happiness and sorrow become mere external events. Regardless of external conditions, one can maintain a state of inner peace and coolness. This teaching is not about fatalism or leaving everything to fate; rather, it is a call for tremendous effort in the right direction. The wrong direction is trying to control the world, which is a misuse of energy. The right use of energy is to control the self. The first effort must be internal. Once a person has worked on themselves, they can then engage in meaningful work in the world. An individual who tries to conquer the world without first conquering themselves will be defeated both internally and externally. By first conquering the self, one becomes indifferent to the dualities of life and, in doing so, automatically becomes a conqueror of the world.