Acharya Prashant addresses the question of the world feeling both meaningless and real. He clarifies that it is not a mistake for the world to feel real, and in fact, the world is not a lie. The issue is not about the world's truth or falsehood, but about one's relationship or transaction with it. To call the world a lie is an exaggeration. If the world were a lie, then the paper on which the question is written, and even our own bodies, would also be lies. The problem arises when the world, which is external, is allowed to mount the mind and become one's dream and life. A wall is true as a wall, but it becomes a lie when it becomes the mind. The speaker advises letting the world be the world, but not becoming so enamored by it that one places demands on it and then cries when they are not fulfilled. When the world becomes a craving, the individual is lost. The world should not be so meaningful that it becomes one's master or center. Since birth, it was determined that the world would exist for the individual. The key is to not let it become the master. This requires a 'wise neglect' towards the world. This doesn't mean denying its physical reality, like ignoring an approaching truck, but rather not letting it dominate the mind. The body must move away from the truck, but the truck must not enter the mind. Citing Kabir Saheb, Acharya Prashant uses the analogy of a grinding stone (the world) and its pivot (the Self). Everyone talks about the moving stone, but not the still pivot. One who stays with the pivot remains unharmed. The world is characterized by constant movement and change, which attracts the mind like a child. However, the world itself is hungry and cannot satisfy one's deep-seated hunger for permanence. Expecting the world to quench this hunger is like expecting hunger to satisfy hunger. The solution is not to empty the mind but to fill it with the right thing—the Master, the Self. When the mind's throne is occupied by the Master, the world cannot take over. When the mind is empty, it invites encroachment. The world is not an enemy to be fought in a head-on battle; it lacks the stamina for a sustained war. It attacks through guerrilla warfare, with brief, intense temptations. If one can withstand these moments, one is saved.