Acharya Prashant explains that clarity is attained by observing the fog and haze that obscure it. He suggests that if people who discourage risk and promote a comfortable, herd-like mentality surround an individual, it is because those same tendencies occupy the individual from within. Observing these external influences is a form of self-observation, as their arguments only resonate because they find an ally inside the listener. He advises looking at the lives and centers of such people to decide if that is how one truly wants to live, noting that something within the self often wants to emulate them.
