Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to live and not just survive. He defines "just surviving" as existing for the sake of the body, meaning that most of one's waking time is spent in the pursuit of physical sustenance or physical pleasure. He explains that if the majority of one's waking hours are dedicated to earning a livelihood and maximizing physical pleasures, then one is merely surviving. This life is centered on physicality, where one works to feed oneself and one's family, and any surplus is spent on fulfilling desires and ambitions. This is a state where the body is treated as the end, not the means. To illustrate this, he uses the analogy of owning a car solely for the purpose of refueling and servicing it, without it ever taking you to a destination. Similarly, a life spent only servicing the body-mind complex is pointless. He likens this to a robotic existence, where an individual is a slave to their biological and mental conditioning. The mind, being an outgrowth of the body, has its thoughts and emotions influenced by physical factors like hormones. A robot cannot exceed its programming, and a person living for survival is similarly bound by their conditioning, often without even realizing they are following a script dictated by an external master. True living, in contrast, is when the body is used as a means to a higher end. This ultimate purpose is freedom. The speaker asserts that freedom is the defining and exclusive characteristic of a truly alive human being. This includes freedom from external masters and, more importantly, freedom from one's own inner conditioning. Unlike animals, which can be content in bondage, human beings are constituted to value freedom above all else and would prefer death over slavery. He concludes by urging the young audience to decide what their life is for: merely servicing the body and mind, or using them to reach the lovely destination of freedom.