Acharya Prashant explains that life has carried on uninterrupted since the first cell developed in some muddy water body. He states that each of us is a direct descendant of that first cell. This continuity, where bodies keep falling but something continues without interruption, is what is called Prakriti, or Nature. What we call human beings are just specific shapes and forms that come and go, yet there is something that continues. This continuation is not something one can easily see, as one tends to take oneself as the unit of life, as life itself. This leads to believing in life as discrete units rather than a continuity, making death appear as the end of life, which causes a lot of suffering. He further elaborates that it has been scientifically posited that death happens precisely so that life can continue. The old must make way for the new and fresh. If the old do not make space, there would be a terrible competition for resources in which the old would necessarily win due to their experience. The only way for the young to have a reasonable claim to resources is if the old become weak, sick, and ultimately fall off. In this way, the disappearance of the old is necessary for the continuity of life. This entire process is the game of life. Using the analogy of a long-distance train, he explains that passengers (individuals) hop on and off, but the train (life) keeps moving. One's attachment to a particular passenger (a person) makes one fail to see the complete picture of the continuous journey. Acharya Prashant states that Shri Krishna wants to relieve Arjun of his suffering in two ways: by showing him the eternity of Prakriti and the timelessness of the Atma (the Self). Prakriti is eternal, and the Atma is timeless. Prakriti is time itself, so it cannot begin or end at any point in time. The misconception that one arises at a moment and goes away at a moment accounts for much of our suffering. When one realizes that the individual self, the sufferer, does not truly exist as a separate entity, then freedom from suffering is achieved. What was previously experienced as suffering becomes just pain, a physical process. Freedom from suffering is actually freedom from the sufferer.