Acharya Prashant explains that the intellect is a useful servant but a dangerous master. When one is driven by liberation, the intellect serves as a tool to reach the ultimate goal. However, when the goal is worldly illusion or ignorance, the intellect becomes a hindrance. He emphasizes that all resources—knowledge, wealth, and the body—should be used as means toward the truth before they inevitably perish. He clarifies that spirituality is not physical labor; while physical energy is helpful to prevent the body from becoming a burden, the lack of it in old age does not eliminate the possibility of spiritual realization.