Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to make the right choices in life when faced with confusion. He uses an analogy to explain his point. Imagine you are very thirsty, and there are two shops. One sells plain water for a thousand rupees per glass, which is a rip-off, while the other offers real diamonds and pearls for free. A thirsty person would naturally go to the water shop, despite the high price, because that is what he needs. The value of the water is determined by his thirst, and the diamonds, despite their market value, are useless to him in that state. He then modifies the scenario: what if the person's nervous system is damaged, and he is unaware of his thirst? In this state, being greedy and stingy, he would be attracted to the free diamonds and pearls. This decision, while appearing logical on the surface, is fundamentally flawed because it ignores his real need. Acharya Prashant states that all decisions go wrong when the decision-maker does not know their own condition. It is easy to be dazzled by the glitter of worldly things when one is unaware of one's inner state. The central question of Vedanta, he explains, is "For whom?" What use are diamonds and pearls to a person who is dying of thirst? This analogy is a metaphor for life. Self-knowledge (Atma-gyan) is not about knowing some abstract soul but about understanding one's own real condition and fundamental thirst. Without this self-awareness, one is easily swayed by what the world values, leading to choices that are ultimately harmful. The value of anything in the world is relative to you; a diamond has no intrinsic value if it is not valuable to you. For a thirsty person, only water has value. We often don't know we are thirsty because we don't look at ourselves; instead, we are driven by greed and miserliness. To make the right choices, one must first know oneself. A person who is aware of their needs can easily say, "I don't need this," to many things the world chases, even if they are offered for free. The fundamental thirst of every human is for liberation (Mukti), but the path to it is unique for each individual and cannot be found by imitating others. One must understand their own unique thirst to make the right choices, rather than blindly following what society deems valuable.