Acharya Prashant explains that to understand dishonesty, one must first accept it as a choice, a matter of one's own will. Once you admit, "It was my will, that's why I was dishonest," then a possibility arises to be free from it. You could have been honest, but you chose not to be. The reason for this is that dishonesty becomes a habit. The speaker refers to Vajashravas from the Kathopanishad, who deceived people into thinking he was a great donor. This illustrates how repeated acts of dishonesty, whether over generations or within one's own life, become an ingrained practice. It starts to feel like the only way to live. Letting dishonesty succeed once encourages it to happen again, making it a cycle. It is crucial not to let dishonesty succeed, as it encourages further dishonest acts. The speaker warns against the delusion of postponing honesty, stating that you cannot cover up today's dishonesty with tomorrow's honesty. If you are dishonest today, it will be even more difficult to be honest tomorrow. He uses the analogy of an 80-year-old who couldn't run, questioning how they could possibly run at 82. Similarly, if you can't manage one task today, you won't manage one and a half tomorrow; instead, you'll likely manage even less. The habit of dishonesty leaves a deep mark, like a rope on a stone, making it a way of life where the choice for honesty shrinks. He quotes Muktibodh, "The call that was calling me got lost somewhere," to describe how the inner voice of truth fades when repeatedly ignored. He further explains that the opportunity for choice, the window of discretion, shrinks with each dishonest act. The inner call becomes fainter and fainter until it is almost unheard. This is when one starts to feel helpless, believing, "This just happens to me, I am like this." The speaker clarifies that this is a state where one has forgotten that the initial dishonest act was a choice. He advises confronting the questions and topics one tends to avoid, as this is the way to expose one's own deceptions. The path to honesty is not easy or difficult; it is simply a matter of choice. If you can be honest, you can be honest now. If you cannot be honest now, you will not be able to be honest tomorrow either.