Acharya Prashant explains that practicing detachment, sadhana, or kriya is often an abuse because all kinds of efforts are made except the real one. He states that the body never suffers; rather, it is the ego that suffers. Therefore, spirituality should not be targeted at the muscles or the body, which is material and dead. He critiques the labeling of nonsense as knowledge, asserting that knowledge is not a skill or something mental, but a fire that cannot be stored. Its function is to burn and annihilate nonsense. He explains that what is typically called knowledge is often just a mental model that allows the ego to avoid scrutiny. Regarding the seventh verse of the third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, he notes that the teaching is centered on the ego, not the senses. Karma Yoga is about disciplining the discipliner, which is the ego, rather than just the sense organs. He warns that the ego is a master culprit that seeks to distract by focusing on alternate targets like detachment or discipline. He further explains that the path of knowledge is prone to self-delusion because mental states are not publicly visible like physical ones. He argues that people often prefer tradition over truth because tradition takes away responsibility and allows one to remain infantile. He emphasizes that maturity involves owning one's actions and paying the price, rather than playing the victim. Finally, he suggests that one's job is to recede and disappear so that the core, the awakened one, can act freely and unpredictably.
