Acharya Prashant explains that liberation, or mukti, is not a concern for a future birth but is the freedom from bondages and internal compulsions experienced in the present moment. He clarifies that the one who experiences bondage is herself an illusion, and thus liberation is essentially freedom from ignorance and false identities. He argues that we often feel helpless because we cling to dubious identities that demand specific behaviors, but since these identities are not real, their compulsions are not obligatory.