Acharya Prashant explains a quote by Khalil Gibran about the 'constant half embrace' in which all things move within a person. He describes man's peculiar situation of being caught in an oscillation, unable to either fully accept or fully run away from his true self. This swinging is the 'half embrace.' When a person tries to move towards their essence, the non-essential world with its sensory pleasures, attractions, and emotions beckons, making them feel they are losing the juice of life. Conversely, when they try to immerse themselves completely in the world of senses and material things, they soon feel nauseated, as if they have overeaten a favorite dish. Beyond a certain point, they cannot take the world in anymore. This state of being divided, belonging neither here nor there, is what the 'half embrace' signifies. It means being split, lacking integrity and oneness, with a soul that keeps changing. The fundamental mistake, the speaker explains, is placing the essential and the inessential on the same platform and viewing them as mutually exclusive, a concept derived from our experience in the physical world. We wrongly believe that choosing one means losing the other. The speaker advises choosing one path and embracing it fully, which is the 'full embrace.' A 'full embrace' means total immersion. If one moves fully into God, they will find the world contained within Him; a true lover of God cannot be a world-renouncer. Similarly, if one moves fully into the world, they will find God there. The man of God is a winner in the world as well. He cites examples like Kabir Saheb, who was a master weaver; Shri Krishna, who was a top-rated cowherd and a master politician; and Guru Nanak, who was a proficient trader. These figures demonstrate that the Gita could only come from someone who understands the world, and if you understand the world, you cannot keep failing in it. Acharya Prashant concludes that the Self, the Heart, or God within, is the climax of perfection. To approach it, one must at least have excellence. If one is a loser in every aspect of life, they cannot touch the Upanishads, which come from winners of the highest order. The man of God is a winner in the world, and that is the meaning of a full embrace. A half embrace is no embrace at all.