Acharya Prashant responds to a questioner who, after a year of positive spiritual progress, found herself in a downward spiral due to a job and an attachment to a person. He advises her to continue listening while struggling and feeling restless, as there is no other option. He clarifies that his role is not to offer excuses or distractions. He acknowledges that people often have to take up worthless jobs due to material compulsions, but he will not suggest a way to be peaceful in such a situation. Instead, he urges her to feel the restlessness and never forget that she is in a worthless job. He shares his own experience of being in the corporate world, stating that he burned with restlessness, which enabled him to leave. Had he sought peace through meditation there, he would have remained stuck. He warns against seeking relief from stress through distractions like movies, bars, or sex, advising instead to burn completely if one is burning. Quoting Kabir Saheb, he says, "The wet wood of a separated lover smolders and hisses. It's better to be free from this by burning completely." He explains that the only way to escape the pain of being half-burnt is to burn completely, like dry wood. He points out that some greed or compulsion is holding her in her situation, and her restlessness will reveal that this compulsion is not greater than her pain. When the pain of the situation outweighs the compulsion, she will leave. The same principle applies to relationships formed in unconsciousness; one must atone for them by putting in the effort and not pretending everything is fine. He states that memories will inevitably come, and there is no medicine for it; the only way is to keep doing one's work, the higher work. Acharya Prashant clarifies that he knows work, not the cure for sadness, and perhaps work itself is the cure. He emphasizes that he is not a spiritual guru in a constant state of samadhi; he experiences all human flaws like anger and attachment but always prioritizes his work. He explains that pain is not a bad thing as it brings seriousness and depth, whereas happiness can make one shallow. He asserts that people are often at their most despicable in moments of happiness. Pain is better than happiness because it leads to truth and reveals reality. He concludes that there are two states of mind: pain, and truth despite the pain. In both, pain is common. The one who remains steadfast in pain is blissful. Bliss is not freedom from pain, but steadfastness in the face of it.