Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of loneliness, which is often dealt with through various distractions and addictions. He begins by stating that we are born lonely. He clarifies that 'lonely' here refers to the experience of being alone, not an absolute state. This experience stems from a clouded perception that we have from birth. A small child feels lonely and starts to experience this feeling. You can see a child trying to hold on to something, and if left alone for too long, they will start crying. This tendency to seek external support continues throughout life, where we try to fill this void with money, relationships, or experiences. All these are ways to address our fundamental, innate loneliness. The core problem is our assumption that this loneliness can be cured by something external. We never question this fundamental belief. Instead, we just keep changing the external objects we seek, hoping one of them will work. The solution proposed by Vedanta is self-knowledge (Atma-gyan). Before trying to fill the void, one must first understand who it is that is feeling lonely. Without self-knowledge, we don't even know what we truly need. We end up adopting others' dreams as our own, like everyone wanting to join the same 'dream companies' without knowing if it's their own dream. We don't know who we are, so we don't know what we want, and we start wanting what the crowd wants. If you get what the crowd wants, your loneliness won't end. When asked what to do in a moment of anger, Acharya Prashant explains that the time for action is not during the emotional outburst itself, which is like trying to jog during a heart attack. The real work must be done before the anger arises. He quotes Kabir Saheb: "Everyone remembers God in times of sorrow, but no one does in times of happiness. If one remembers God in times of happiness, why would sorrow ever occur?" This means one should observe oneself when everything seems fine and peaceful. That is the real meditation. Our usual state of peace is often a superficial, fake peace, within which the seeds of future explosions like anger are hidden. True spirituality or meditation is a continuous, moment-to-moment observation of oneself. It is not a specific, time-bound method but a constant state of awareness. By observing yourself when you are calm, you can prevent the eruption of negative states like anger.