Acharya Prashant explains that to understand the truth that never dies, one needs a mind that is somewhat unhinged. This is a mind that, despite seeing the body moving towards death day and night, remains stubborn in its conviction that it will not die, that it cannot die. This requires a mind that is either very faithful or very stubborn. He equates faith with a form of stubbornness, where one claims to know even when they know nothing. When asked what they know, the response is, "I don't know, but I know." This is stubbornness. It takes a powerful mind to say, "I know," even when it knows nothing, and to declare, "I am immortal," even while dying. Addressing the idea that the conditioning to deny death is an obstacle, Acharya Prashant suggests it can also be a path. The logic is that because you do not like death, the stubborn mind declares, "I cannot die." If death were the truth, it would not feel bad. He states, "I have not lived a wrong life, so how can the truth feel bad to me? If death were the truth, I would like it. The fact that I do not like death proves that death is false." He acknowledges this sounds like an arrogant statement, implying a deep faith in one's own purity and understanding: "If we don't like something, there must be a flaw in it. There must be some flaw in death." This conviction comes from a very clean and simple mind. He clarifies that what is impermanent is the "dirt" of the mind, not the essence of the mind. What we commonly call the mind is this dirt. There are those who have known the mind beyond this dirt, who have known the Self. Most people only know their own pettiness and identify with it as the "I." He uses an analogy of a car with six gears. A person might drive in first gear, press the accelerator fully, and conclude that since the car doesn't go beyond a certain speed, the higher numbers on the speedometer are useless. They don't realize they are in the wrong gear. The issue isn't to press harder but to change the gear. When someone comes and teaches how to change gears, showing that there are six and the car can reach a much higher speed, the person might try to apply the logic of the sixth gear while still at a low speed, causing the car to stall. They then blame the teacher, saying, "See, we were moving in first gear, but you made us apply the sixth, and now the car has stopped." Our destiny is to reach the highest speed, but we want to do it in first gear, which only results in smoke and a heated engine.