Acharya Prashant explains that there is no fundamental separation between the mind and the body; they are essentially one. He challenges the common belief that one can harbor lust or anger in the mind while maintaining a calm exterior, asserting that such a contradiction is impossible. If a person appears calm while being angry internally, it is because their mind also contains deceit, which instructs the body to hide the emotion for social gain or to avoid infamy. Therefore, the body is still following the mind's command of deceit. He emphasizes that suppressed desires and emotions inevitably manifest in subtle ways, such as through one's choices, speech, or even 'Freudian slips,' where the subconscious mind reveals itself through accidental words. Referring to the Bhagavad Gita, Acharya Prashant notes that Shri Krishna calls a person a hypocrite if they restrain their physical senses while dwelling on sense objects in their mind. This hypocrisy is visible to those with deep insight, even if the common person is fooled. He explains that the mind and body are different densities of the same reality: the body is the gross form of the mind, and the mind is the subtle form of the body. To bring unity between thought and action, one must realize that nothing can truly be hidden. Once a person understands that their internal state will always reflect in their external behavior and that they are only fooling themselves through masks, the division between their thoughts, words, and actions naturally dissolves.
