Acharya Prashant recounts an incident from 10-12 years ago during a session where they would analyze songs to understand the psychology of the common person. They played a song featuring Asha Parekh in a white saree, singing, "There is no enthusiasm, no wave, what is my life but a severed kite." He questioned why this character, who appears healthy, beautiful, and financially well-off, would sing such a song. He asks, "What is her problem in life? Why is she singing like this? Why is her life a severed kite?" The speaker admits that he too has carried the burden of useless sentimentality and suffered for it. He explains that there is a certain pleasure in this victimhood, in feeling that the world or time has wronged you. He strongly objects to this mindset, stating that sadness is not a virtue and being sad is not a meritorious act. He points out a cultural tendency in India to view a sad person as a virtuous soul, which leads people to be deliberately sad to prove their virtue. Conversely, a happy person is often seen as a rogue or a sinner. He illustrates this by saying that if someone cries in a spiritual gathering, they are met with sympathy, but if they laugh, they are considered ill-mannered. He questions this, asking if there is any valid reason for such crying, like grieving the plight of the world or the destruction of nature. He concludes that most people cry out of sheer gloominess and habit, not for any valid reason. He contrasts this with Kabir Saheb, who wept out of awakening and compassion for the world's suffering, which is a different matter entirely. The speaker criticizes the tendency to blame fate or time, calling it cowardice. He argues that if something is truly valuable, one should fight for it, not give up and then blame external factors. He explains that according to Vedanta and Buddha, sorrow is the attempt to save what cannot be saved. The only thing that should be taken with utmost seriousness is liberation (mukti), as it is the only unchangeable purpose of life. Everything else is negotiable and subject to change. He urges people not to be afraid of change and to move beyond their old thoughts, bodily sentiments, and fixed habits, as everything is transient. The only purpose of birth is liberation, and everything else is secondary.