Acharya Prashant explains the dialogue between Hemlekha and her husband, Hemchood, regarding the nature of spiritual effort and the self. Hemchood, having practiced various methods to restrain his mind, experiences new sensations of happiness, sorrow, light, and darkness. He mistakenly believes these experiences signify a new attainment or progress toward the truth. Hemlekha clarifies that while his efforts to stop the external movement of the mind are commendable and necessary for purification, they are not the cause of attaining the self. She emphasizes that the self is already and always attained; it is not an object that can be reached, moved toward, or separated from.