Acharya Prashant addresses an apparent contradiction between the idea that real values are unshakeable and the instruction to give up one's values. He explains that the mind is typically cluttered with man-made values such as prestige, power, money, and social validation. These values are artificial, based on conditioning, and acquired through social influence or biological history stored in the DNA. As long as the mind is occupied with these trivial, man-made values, there is no room for the discovery of what is truly valuable. Therefore, one must give up these acquired values to clear the mind of garbage.
