Acharya Prashant addresses a question about controlling extreme emotions in response to success and failure. He advises the questioner to remember the real goal. He explains that whatever one has achieved is too little in comparison to the real goal, so there is no need to be overly happy. Similarly, irrespective of how little one has achieved, there is always the potential to achieve the real goal, so there is no need to be too sad. The problem arises when one forgets the real thing and starts taking small things as big. This leads to misplaced celebrations for minor achievements, which he calls foolish happiness, and misplaced depression for minor failures, which he terms foolish sadness. He elaborates that as long as one is alive, the work is incomplete, so there is no position so good that one should start partying and put a full stop to the journey. Equally, no matter how bad the condition is, one still has a chance, so there is no need for gloom or despondency. The extremes of emotion are to be avoided because they are born of ignorance. If one were truly conscious and explorative, they would not land in these extremes in the first place. He uses the analogy of a monkey getting excited over a banana to illustrate compulsive, unconscious behavior. A human being, unlike an animal, has the capacity for self-knowledge and reflection. Acharya Prashant explains that meditation is not a limited practice but a 24/7 state of being. It is the continuous remembrance of the one thing that is truly important and lovable, which has no name or form. This remembrance keeps the mind fresh, pure, and untainted by the world's influences. When the mind is in this state of subtle love and remembrance, it is not tempted by the trivial things outside. This constant meditative state is the solution to not being swayed by the ups and downs of life.