Acharya Prashant begins by urging the audience to completely remove the centuries-old garbage of misconceptions about the Self (Atma). He lists several false ideas, such as the soul being located here or there, hanging on a tree, leaving the body after death, or entering the womb in the second month of pregnancy. He dismisses these as rubbish and refutes anecdotal stories, like a dying person's soul cracking a glass box upon its departure, as lies. He also criticizes rituals like feeding the soul for thirteen days after death and giving donations to priests, explaining that these practices have perpetuated the concept of the individual soul (Jivatma) for centuries for vested interests. Citing verse 7.4 from the Ashtavakra Gita, the speaker explains its profound meaning: "The Self is not in the physical objects (bhav), nor are the physical objects in the infinite, unstained Self." He clarifies that 'bhav' here refers to the body and all physical phenomena. Therefore, the Self has no connection with the body. The verse further describes the Self as unattached, desireless, and peaceful. The speaker emphasizes that this verse is one of the great sayings that has been largely misunderstood, leading to widespread ignorance and superstition, particularly in India. Acharya Prashant points out that this misunderstanding extends to other scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita. He refers to the popular verse (2.22) about changing bodies like clothes, clarifying that the word used there is 'dehi' (the embodied one), which refers to the individual soul or ego, not the ultimate Self (Atma). He states that the word 'Atma' is not even present in that verse. This conflation of the individual soul with the supreme Self is a grave error that has caused immense harm, justifying social evils like the caste system and exploitation by attributing suffering to the karma of a transmigrating soul. This flawed understanding of the Self has plunged India into an abyss of superstition and prevented any real revolution against injustice, as people accept their suffering as fate. The speaker explains that the concept of the soul has been distorted, equating it with the ego (ahankar) and the mind (man). He contrasts this with the true Vedantic understanding, where the Self is the supreme, unifying reality, beyond all name, form, and description. The Self is unborn, eternal, unattached, and unstained (*niranjan*). Finally, Acharya Prashant explains that liberation (mukti) is the realization that "I am not the living being" (*Na me jeev iti jnatva*). It is the understanding of the mythical nature of the ego. The path of Vedanta is 'Neti Neti' (not this, not this), a process of negating the false. When the ego bows down to the Self, its own futility is revealed. The ego that knows its own non-existence becomes Brahman, as expressed in the great sayings 'Aham Brahmasmi' (I am Brahman) and 'Prajnanam Brahma' (Consciousness is Brahman).