Acharya Prashant addresses a questioner's fear of asking deep questions by explaining the underlying psychology. He states that the questioner has been convinced by some experience or knowledge that scholarship is a great and important thing. This belief has become a part of their identity, and they have given it a very high place in the list of things that define an individual. This leads to hesitation, guilt, and sometimes even shame when they feel unable to have the identity of their choice, which is that of a knowledgeable person. The speaker elaborates that society has drilled into us the idea that the highest ideal is to be someone like a university professor or a Nobel laureate—someone who is very scholarly, asks deep questions, and knows everything. We all aspire to reach the highest, but we have mistakenly placed the identity of a scholar on the highest pedestal. Mentally, we have given away the chair of the highest to a university professor or the head of a research laboratory. This has led to a deep reverence, almost a form of worship, for the word "profound" and for scholarliness itself. Acharya Prashant advises that instead of worshipping scholarliness, one should worship what is truly worthy of worship, which is the Truth. It is great to worship, to bow down, and to aspire to be the highest, but one must surrender only to the highest, and knowledgeability is not the highest. He contrasts a "profound question" with a "heartfelt question." A heartfelt question comes from the heart, from a place of honesty. The highest is the heart, not the mind. Therefore, one should not ask a profound question but a heartfelt one. The best definition of "profound" is that which comes from the heart. One should not bother with how a question sounds but where it comes from. Honesty in expression is what is truly beautiful. Addressing a second question on decision-making, Acharya Prashant explains that the criterion for making a decision must first be certain. The decision itself is made by the criterion. For life's decisions, the criteria must be truth and freedom. When making a choice, one should ask which path would enhance their freedom and which would diminish it. While other factors like comfort, prestige, or money might matter, they are secondary. The primary concern should be what the new thing will bring in terms of freedom. When freedom is the unwavering and highest criterion, decision-making becomes easy and obvious.