Acharya Prashant explains that evil is closely related to the whispering manner in which people confess their attachments. He describes attachment as a "dirty thing" that "stinks" and smells like "putrefied flesh." When an attached person asks for help, they are not seeking freedom from their attachment but rather the object of their craving. Their plea for help is a demand to be given the object they desire. The speaker defines attachment as the objective of consumption, the desire to "consume the other fellow." The speaker points out that the cultural problem is that society has turned attachment into a virtue. He contrasts confessing attachment with confessing a crime like murder or theft, which one would not do easily or expect sympathy for. However, people readily confess their attachments and expect empathy. He finds it alarming when someone says, "I am so attached to him," because what he hears is, "I want to drink his blood." He asserts that because our culture has turned attachment into a value, people are not ashamed of it, which only encourages and empowers the attachment. No internal alarm goes off when attachment arises. Instead, it is often seen as something beautiful and is mistakenly considered synonymous with love. The speaker concludes that attachment is poison and has nothing to do with love.