Acharya Prashant explains that the ego's pursuit of liberation is itself a form of bondage because the ego only seeks an extension of itself. He emphasizes that bondage is rooted in ignorance; one who does not know their own nature cannot truly understand or seek liberation. The ego often pretends to be a specialist in the concept of liberation while remaining completely naive about its own identity. Acharya Prashant asserts that the role of a true teacher is not to entertain the ego with spiritual gimmicks or fancy stories, but to bring the student back to the reality of their own condition through self-observation.
