Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of modern "quick-fix philosophies" by first distinguishing between the brain and the mind. He explains that while anti-anxiety pills may seem to work, they only affect the body and the brain, not the mind itself. There is a fundamental difference between a problem in the brain and a problem in the mind. The mind, composed of tendencies, thoughts, and emotions, is where the real issue lies. Therefore, attempting to solve a problem of the mind by treating the brain with medication can only provide superficial and limited help. He extends this logic to shallow philosophies like "you only live once," which he describes as unexamined catchphrases. He states that nobody is truly getting much out of the current way of life, yet it continues, a phenomenon he calls a miracle or "Maya" (illusion). He defines Maya as that which sucks the life out of you while you continue to worship it, keeping you lost in dreams and apparitions and preventing you from seeing reality as it is. The speaker explains that this spell of illusion is broken only when hard facts, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, brutally force people to confront reality. People live in make-believe bubbles of comfort and security that can be punctured at any moment. When these concepts and imaginations are shattered by facts, people rush to psychiatrists, leading to the current mental health crisis, which he deems a bigger problem than any bodily disease. This widespread mental sickness, he argues, is not without reason and necessitates a deep inquiry into all the systems that influence the mind, including economics, education, social institutions, and politics. However, people avoid this inquiry because powerful forces and vested interests benefit from maintaining the status quo. The common person feels powerless and uncaring, often adopting a philosophy of "it's just one life, so let's waste it." Acharya Prashant concludes that both the exploiter and the exploited are ultimately victims of Maya. He asserts that shallow philosophies and false treatments do not work for anyone and are merely forms of self-deception. He posits that if one is to be destroyed, it should be in a great pursuit rather than in the pursuit of trivia and trash, urging against yielding to such trivialities moment by moment.