Acharya Prashant explains that the reason individuals do not wake up despite facing hardships is due to a perceived unnecessary compassion from existence. He suggests that the law of the fruits of actions is not allowed to run its full course because people are sheltered even when they do not deserve it. This protection prevents individuals from paying fully for their misdeeds, leading them to believe they can continue their current ways without consequence. He identifies two primary forms of protection offered by existence: time and insensitivity. Time acts as a buffer because the results of one's actions do not return immediately, allowing a person to feel safe in the present. If the consequences were instantaneous, one would not dare to act wrongly. Insensitivity, the second protection, makes a person numb to the deteriorating quality of their health, relationships, and life. This thick-skinned nature allows suffering to remain in the unconscious basement of the mind, hidden from observation. Because the suffering is not consciously felt or observed, the individual remains in a delusion of well-being and fails to mend their ways.