Acharya Prashant responds to a question about desire, or 'want,' being the source of all problems. The questioner asks whether wants can be eliminated or if they even need to be, given that the entire world, including economics and even the spiritual path, seems to run on wants. Acharya Prashant begins by asking how one can know what to do with anything. The answer, he suggests, is by understanding it. Therefore, understanding is sufficient. The matter of what to do with something is not a subject for decision-making. When the questioner persists, asking if we will just continue to want things, Acharya Prashant reframes the inquiry to, "How are we wanting?" He points out that we are not even aware of the nature of our wanting. A vague idea is not enough; one must understand what a want is. Once there is understanding, there is no need to do anything further; what needs to happen will happen on its own. We get caught up in imagining the future, asking, "If this stops, what will happen?" This is merely imagination. He questions if we have even a slight taste of that which we are projecting. We do not know what a state without desire is like because all our knowledge is within the scope of desire. The mind operates within cause and effect, so asking what will happen if the mind is not there is a question from within the mind, which is illogical. Acharya Prashant explains that we are accustomed to planning every step, wanting to know the weather at the destination before starting the journey. Similarly, we want to know what the experience of Truth will be like so we can decide if we want it. The flaw in this is that the one judging—the mind—is the very thing that is far from the Truth. The one whose very existence is in being away from the Truth will never find the Truth appealing. He concludes that Truth is found by chance, by grace, not by one's own efforts or choices. He quotes Dadu Dayal: "Gaib mahi gurudev mila" (The Guru was found unexpectedly/invisibly). One sets out to find something else but finds the Truth by chance. Truth is always a matter of grace because, by your own efforts, you would never have been able to attain it.