Acharya Prashant explains that what people typically call 'knowing' is merely mental activity and thought. He clarifies that awareness cannot be captured or understood by the mind because thought is a limited tool that seeks pleasure and security. The version of the self that asks 'How do I know if I am aware?' is the confused and doubtful self, not the aware self. True awareness is a state where the knower has changed and no longer requires the mind or external proof to know; it is a direct realization where one becomes the knowing itself. He emphasizes that there is no source or proof for this state located outside of oneself. He further describes that questions about awareness often act as defense mechanisms to protect one's current identity. People want to remain as they are while adding a bit of 'divinity' or 'awareness' to their lives, which is impossible. He uses the metaphor of a dark cave to describe the limited human condition, where people rely on stories and imagination instead of direct experience. Acharya Prashant asserts that scriptures do not provide divine knowledge as a 'home delivery' to one's current state; rather, they are invitations and 'menu cards' designed to tempt the individual to leave their cave of suffering and death to experience the truth directly.