In response to a question about why some social norms that don't make sense are still followed, using the example of applying henna (mehndi) in marriages, Acharya Prashant explains that he used to ask the same questions at that age. He had thought that these relics of the past would disappear within a few years, but he was wrong and had underestimated the strength of "dead stuff" to continue. He states that these things persist because something within us continues. Every child is born with a lot of inner ignorance, without intelligence, knowledge, wisdom, or a sense of right and wrong. However, a newborn does have hunger, thirst, anger, envy, fear, and immeasurable misery. This primitive, prehistoric ignorance from the jungle is reborn with every new child. Acharya Prashant elaborates that while every child has the potential for illumination and liberation, this is merely a potential. The child's immediate reality is one of ignorance and misery. This is why things related to ignorance continue, as some part of us supports them. The ignorance present in the child continues throughout the adult's life. This ignorance is defined as not knowing who one is, what one needs, or what one must do. Consequently, out of a need for safety and security, people simply copy what has been historically done. For instance, because we don't know the real meaning of a relationship or love, we get married in the same way our parents did, following the tradition of previous generations. The logic behind these norms is simply that past generations did them. Acharya Prashant challenges the audience to be original and to ask the most important question for a young person: "Who am I, and therefore, how must I live?" He calls this a question for the brave-hearted, as most people have already decided their future—job, house, partner—without this fundamental inquiry. He urges them to question the origin of their goals, desires, thoughts, and emotions, asking if they are truly their own or copied from society, family, and other influences. He concludes that a life lived like a machine, a program, or a slave can have neither freedom nor joy, and therefore, we must be original and go beyond our conditioning.