Acharya Prashant addresses the tragic nature of spending a lifetime chasing enlightenment, noting that such a pursuit often leaves individuals feeling worse than when they began. He explains that the concept of enlightenment is frequently built upon an imaginary problem of separation from God. If union with God is an idea, then separation must also be an idea. He argues that the search for fulfillment in spiritual centers is no different from the pursuit of success in corporate offices; both are driven by an idea of lacking something. This sense of incompleteness is often a psychological wound inflicted by religious and social teachings that suggest a person is fundamentally wrong or distant from the divine.