Acharya Prashant explains that awareness is a state untouched by problems, distinguishing between a situation and a problem. A problem is always subjective and tied to an individual's past, desires, and ego; if the person is removed, the problem vanishes. In contrast, a situation is objective and universal. He asserts that problems do not exist externally but reside within the troubled mind. The mind uses thought as a problem-solving mechanism, meaning that the presence of thought itself indicates an underlying problem or fear. When one sits in silence without thought, they are in a state of being rather than a state of conflict.