Acharya Prashant explains that the human condition is such that if it were in our hands, hardworking and ambitious people would not allow sleep to come, viewing it as wasted time. Similarly, certain prudish sections of society might lead women to not allow their periods to come, seeing it as something ugly and shameful. This illustrates a broader point: man imposes himself first on himself, and then upon the entire world. If man is cruel, violent, and restrictive towards existence, it is primarily because he is first cruel, violent, and restrictive towards himself. If mankind resists everything, it is because he is first highly resistant towards himself. There is hardly any unconditional acceptance, only filters of progressive resistance. The one thing all of mankind shares is that none of us unconditionally accepts ourselves. We all hold a certain grudge against ourselves, constantly questioning why we are not something else, or why we are not a certain way. This feeling of 'not yet being there,' of imperfection, incompleteness, and inferiority, becomes our primary driver. A review of our actions would reveal that most of them are driven by this urge to better ourselves. Hardly any action comes from a feeling of already being alright. We seek a better job, a new house, marriage, or travel in a quest for betterment. This quest for betterment is based on conforming to external standards that have been given to us. The more one is able to conform to these standards, the more one feels like a better person. The speaker questions the validity of this knowledge, asking how one exactly knows that living in a bigger house or being respected by more people makes one a better person. He points out that this is not knowledge one is born with, but rather an imposed standard.