Acharya Prashant explains that the Western world is currently suffering due to a significant lack of inner knowledge and spiritual education. This deficiency has led to a global crisis, including the climate crisis, which is largely attributable to the developed first world. He argues that the absence of inner education makes the West a threat not only to itself but to all species on the planet. He emphasizes that both material knowledge and self-knowledge are essential, as lacking either leads to different forms of slavery. Without material knowledge, one falls prey to external superstitions and external enslavement. Conversely, without knowledge of the self and the mind, one becomes enslaved by their own evil tendencies, thoughts, and emotions. Acharya Prashant concludes that since no one desires to be a slave, educational institutions must provide both material and spiritual knowledge to dismiss these threats and ensure true freedom.