Acharya Prashant explains that no mistake from the past ever comes to trouble a person. The past itself is gone, so its mistakes cannot remain. He advises to completely remove the notion that we are troubled by past mistakes. If you are troubled at this moment, it is because a mistake is being made in this very moment. Blaming the past for our suffering is merely an excuse for not correcting the mistake we are making right now. Your suffering is not from the past; it is in the present and from the present itself. The past is non-existent, like a ghost. Similarly, the future has not yet been born. All your problems are experienced in this very moment, and their cause is also within you, in this moment. Whatever happened in the past, it is you who is holding onto it in the present. If it were truly causing so much trouble, you would let it go. The reason for holding on is that you derive some pleasure or benefit from it, which is an attachment. The happiness derived from this attachment is greater than the trouble it causes. Using an analogy, if you get happiness worth ₹10 and trouble worth ₹6, you still have a net profit of ₹4, so you endure the trouble. This is a choice. The past is dead and has no power of its own; it cannot jump up and cling to you. The decision to cling to the past is yours because you have consciousness and the power to choose. If you did not have this power, you would be like a stone. If you have the power of decision, then getting troubled by the past is also your decision. There is no compulsion or obligation; it is your choice to carry the past and get troubled by it, which implies you must be getting some pleasure from it. The ego is very cunning. It benefits from remembering past hurts, creating a victim identity to feel like a good person wronged by a bad world. By remembering a painful event, you might be extracting some benefit in your current relationships. Memory is not objective; it follows the ego. You easily forget what breaks your ego and remember what supports it. Memory can even construct false events if they serve the ego. The question is not what happened in the past, but whether you are enjoying yourself by using the past. Stop blaming others or the past for your condition. Learn to take responsibility for yourself. The only problem is that once you take responsibility, the excuses for complaining will disappear. Do not become a victim or a predator. Whatever has happened, do not let its impression fall on your mind.