Acharya Prashant explains that the role of a saint is to reveal the ultimate and spiritual meaning of things that people often perceive as merely physical. He discusses how Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, in the Japji Sahib, uses physical symbols like earrings, a begging bowl, and ashes to represent deeper spiritual qualities. For instance, contentment should be worn close to the mind like earrings, and humility should be carried like a begging bowl—always empty and ready to receive. He emphasizes that external rituals, such as applying ashes or wearing sacred threads, have no value if one remains attached to the physical object rather than its essence. True meditation and spiritual practice are about moving beyond these external tools to find their actual truth.