Acharya Prashant explains that the mind, by its very nature (Prakriti), is a worshipper of pleasure or happiness (Sukh). When the mind wanders, it is because it perceives pleasure in a particular direction. While the mind can be foolish and see pleasure where there is none, it should be corrected by experience. If one goes to a place seeking happiness and does not find it, one should not return. However, people often keep returning to places throughout their lives, even when they don't find happiness there. This implies they are drawing some kind of fake happiness from places where, forget spiritual joy, even material happiness is not really present. The speaker finds it absurd that people knowingly go to places where they are not happy, yet they keep returning. The reason for this is that one must justify this repetitive action to oneself. The actual reason for returning to these unfulfilling situations is fear and faithlessness. The ego, however, dislikes being seen as a coward or an infidel, so it creates a different narrative. Instead of admitting it returns out of fear, the ego tells itself, "I am going there because I find happiness there," even when this is not true. The moment you admit to yourself that the places you repeatedly rush to do not offer you even basic happiness, you are liberated from those places and from the wandering. However, admitting this requires guts and a certain detachment from the status quo. We are victims of our own inner conspiracies, acting as brilliant makeup artists who are adept at calling false happiness 'happiness.' We pretend to be happy even when we are not, and this pretense is not just for the world but for ourselves. This self-deception stems from a desire to believe that our life's investments and efforts have been successful. We don't want to admit that we have utterly failed. Admitting you are not happy is tantamount to admitting failure, which risks losing social standing and the respect of family. Therefore, we keep telling ourselves that we are somebody, that we have succeeded, and that we are alright. The speaker concludes by questioning what spirituality can do for a person who is hell-bent on cheating themselves. If you are hatching a conspiracy against yourself, who can help you?