Acharya Prashant responds to a question about dealing with toxic people by first questioning how one manages to accommodate so many toxic individuals in their daily life, stating that "like attracts like." He posits that the questioner must first ask herself how so many toxic people gravitated towards her. When the questioner clarifies it's only one or two people she cannot avoid, Acharya Prashant asserts that this inability to avoid is the very definition of toxicity. He explains that this is a common excuse; just as the questioner claims she cannot avoid toxic people, the toxic people themselves might say they cannot avoid being toxic. The speaker then probes deeper, asking why these individuals are in her life at all, even if they are family members. He emphasizes that one is not born to be a "family woman" but to be liberated, and liberation is greater than everything else, including gender, identity, roles, and relationships. These aspects of life, he states, are subservient to one's existential purpose. One does not exist to be a family member. The only thing that will remain is the height of consciousness one reaches. He mentions that the wise have taught that if one reaches great heights, even death does not matter, and one becomes immortal. In contrast, the family, which is already causing her trouble, will not remain with her forever. Acharya Prashant explains that the compulsion to interact with toxic people is what fuels the toxicity. If toxicity knew it would be thrown out, it would change its ways. By accommodating it, one is not doing any good for oneself or the other person. The fundamental problem, he says, is a feeling of obligation and indebtedness that arises from an ignorance of one's true nature. Because we do not know who we truly are, we take on all kinds of needless roles, responsibilities, and identities. Every moment lost to such mischief is a moment stolen from its rightful use in one's inner progress. He concludes that we are not just victims of toxicity but also its supporters, either actively by displaying toxic behavior or passively by tolerating it. He advises to stop valuing things that have no value and to call a spade a spade, not out of vindictiveness, but as a factual exercise to help the other person.