Acharya Prashant addresses the question of making spontaneous decisions. He explains that while the intention to be spontaneous is good, one must be careful, as there are two kinds of flows within us: the flow of conditioning and the flow of freedom. These two flows can appear similar, and when one is in a flow, movement is effortless, and one gets carried away. The critical task is to discern which stream one is in—the conditioned one or the free one. The speaker illustrates this with examples. When someone is angry, their words may be spontaneous, but this is a conditioned inner reflex, not an expression of freedom. Similarly, a startled reaction to a sudden tap on the shoulder is instantaneous but is a totally conditioned response. This type of spontaneity, which also characterizes machines and animals, flows from a place below thought. A machine is designed to be spontaneous, and an animal acts on its physical instincts. Such spontaneity is not a virtue in itself. True spontaneity, the kind that is desirable, flows from a place above the zone of thought and must be earned. The speaker identifies two masters that enslave human beings: our own body with its biological tendencies, and the external society with its conditioning. These two constitute the conditioned flow. Freedom is the state of not being ruled by either the body or society. The aim of genuine decision-making is to make choices that are uninfluenced by these physical and social conditionings, as such decisions lead to joy and liberation. Ultimately, spontaneity must be earned through honest self-work and thought. Without this, any apparent spontaneity is merely the conditioned, mechanical reaction of a machine or an animal. The faculty of thought should be used as a tool to reach a point of natural closure and certainty, which then allows for true spontaneity. The goal is to attain the spontaneity of a free person, not that of a slave to one's own conditioning.