Acharya Prashant addresses a seeker who feels their mind gets colored by various spiritual teachers, treating them as subjects of study. He explains that this is a fundamental mistake because teachers are not subjects to be read; rather, one must allow themselves to be read in the light of the teacher. By treating a teacher as a subject, the individual maintains a subject-object relationship, which preserves a distance and prevents true transformation. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that as long as this distance exists, the core of the person remains unchanged, with the teacher's influence acting only as a superficial color on the surface. He uses the analogy of a lump of soil and a river to illustrate that real contact requires the reduction of distance and eventual dissolution. Instead of observing or reflecting upon the teacher from a distance, the seeker must allow themselves to be dissolved and resolved into the teaching. He concludes that one should not attempt to read the light, but rather use that light to see and understand oneself clearly.
