Acharya Prashant explains Verse 20 of Chapter 6 of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, focusing on the phrase 'seeing the self by the self.' He clarifies that while the true self can never be seen, this expression refers to the ego allowing itself to love the beyond and simultaneously loathe its own current state. Usually, the ego is incapable of being honest about its inner devastation, so such honesty is attributed to a power beyond the ego. This process involves a miracle where one falls in love with something that transcends their own personality and characteristics. He emphasizes that the ego typically lives in a self-created universe, seeing only its own projections and thoughts that align with its conditioning. To see the 'pure self' is an impossibility for the ego because it requires acknowledging something that defies the laws of its own limited reality. Admitting even one thing outside of one's boundaries challenges the very existence of the ego. Consequently, people often become aggressive or bigoted to guard against anything that might prove their worldview or their very center wrong. True spiritual progress requires a profound disillusionment with oneself to allow the call of the beyond to take hold.