Acharya Prashant explains that obligations are not natural; they arise solely from identification and the assumption of specific roles, such as being an employee, a friend, or a family member. Just as one can resign from a job to end professional obligations, one has the power to step away from any identity that imposes a burden. However, people often struggle to do this because they are unwilling to give up the benefits associated with those identities. He emphasizes that every obligation is a trade-off for some form of security—financial, emotional, or social. This dependence is essentially rooted in greed, where individuals sell their freedom for petty conveniences or social acceptance.