Acharya Prashant explains that liberation or salvation is not a destination, object, or state to be achieved through effort or time. He clarifies that our usual understanding of achievement involves adding something to ourselves, which stems from a self-definition based on limitation and lack. When we view liberation as something to be 'attained', we treat it as an object smaller than ourselves, much like money or prestige, which fails to lead to the infinite. He emphasizes that the desire for liberation often arises from the same egoic center as any worldly desire, where one perceives oneself as a small entity full of 'holes' or deficiencies that need filling.