Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why we remain ignorant of the truth even after realizing it. He clarifies that in the moment one gets a glimpse of the truth, one cannot ignore anything. The process that follows is not ignorance but suppression. We don't ignore the truth; we suppress it. The mind has to suppress it because a glimpse of the truth reveals how false everything else is. This glimpse is dangerous as it leaves only two options: either live life according to the truth that has been seen, or return to one's false ways. Living according to the truth means the established, routine process of life will be disrupted and must break. The very thought of this breaking is painful because we are attached to it; our entire identification is with that which the truth wants to break. The thought of its breaking causes great pain. Therefore, as soon as the truth is seen, a few moments later, the person suppresses what they have seen. They try their best to forget it, but since they cannot, they suppress it. Acharya Prashant then uses the analogy of water, as mentioned by Lao Tzu. Water is a force that cuts through even without offering resistance. The stones in a river become round because the water has cut them. He explains that the Tao is like water. It doesn't come in a jolt and tell you to break all your set processes and get freedom from the past. Its work continues ceaselessly, without stopping. The water that cuts the stone does so over time, constantly, every moment. The process of cutting takes time because the mind lives in time. Ultimately, it will take time to cut, but the water is cutting constantly. Whatever is old has become like a stone, ossified. You cannot cut it in one jolt. But if you keep hitting it constantly with a water-like blow, a constant resistance is maintained. The interesting thing is that there is both resistance and flow. When two stones collide, they break and stop. But when flowing water hits a stone, it doesn't stop; it finds its own way. The water is in its own joy, flowing where it needs to go. It is just a by-product that the stone gets cut. So, we should just flow. We should keep flowing, and the stones will get cut on their own. This doesn't mean avoiding the stones. When a stone comes in the way, the water doesn't shy away. It finds its own way, but where it is inevitable, it doesn't hesitate to collide. And when the stone and water collide, ultimately, it is the stone that loses. So, do your work, be in your joy, and the stones will dissolve on their own. The flow should not be fake; the joy should not be fake. If your flow is continuous, then the stone that was created by time will, with time, slowly dissolve and be cut away.