Acharya Prashant begins by stating that the current situation, especially for the present generation, is that most boys and girls do not even know the meaning of their own names. He uses this as an analogy, explaining that just as we are ignorant of our names, we are also ignorant of ourselves and our minds. We feel we know our body because we have been with it since our first day, which we count from the day this body came into existence. This long-standing relationship creates the illusion that we know the body. The speaker advises to first remove the superstition from within that you know anything at all. He explains that acknowledging this ignorance will initially bring a terrible feeling, a sense of fear, but it will be followed by a great lightness. There is a joy in not knowing that is absent in the burden of supposed knowledge. This knowledge is a useless burden because it's not real; you don't actually know anything, you just pretend to know. The speaker then addresses the question about crossing the ocean of existence with the boat of Brahman. He explains that the water represents the expanse of the mind, which can be called Maya or Prakriti (Nature). The one sitting in the boat is the ego (Aham), and Brahman is what comes between the ego and Prakriti. Without Brahman, the ego's fate is to drown in the expanse of Prakriti. Brahman performs the magical feat of allowing you to be in the water without drowning. Even when in the boat, you are in the water, but the water does not touch you. This is the magic of Brahman. For an ordinary person, Prakriti is a formidable enemy in which drowning is certain. But for the one established in Brahman, Prakriti becomes a friend. That person accepts Prakriti's invitation but brings Brahman along. The boat of Brahman is the boat of consciousness. If you live life as just a body, you will drown. But if you live as consciousness, you will cross the river of life.