Acharya Prashant discusses the concept of loyalty, distinguishing between two types. The first is material loyalty, which he describes as a form of barter or trade. This includes commitments like an employee's loyalty to an employer for a salary or upholding a business agreement. This, he says, is a material transaction. The second type is inner loyalty, which is a deeper, personal commitment. He questions how one can become inwardly committed to a random person, and notes that when this trust is broken, people complain about being ditched. The speaker argues that the fundamental question is why one trusted so blindly in the first place. Offering one's fidelity to just any random person is described as a form of infidelity and "blasphemy of the lowest kind." He explains that you make an ordinary person the center of your universe and then raise expectations from them. He posits that this person is just an average human being who will do what all average human beings do. When their actions come to light, you feel your trust has not been honored. Using an analogy, Acharya Prashant compares this misplaced trust to expecting an elephant to fly. Instead of flying, it gives you "elephant shit," and you are left looking upwards, expecting it to take off. He asserts that the elephant is not to be blamed; the blame lies with the one who expected it to fly. What's worse, he says, is that something within you still pulls you towards the elephant, secretly hoping it will fly. The speaker advises that one should blame the part of themselves that gets attracted to "all kinds of animals." He concludes that whenever you feel cheated in love, you must ask yourself if you had nothing better to do with your life than to cling to an unworthy person.
