Acharya Prashant responds to a question about whether one should be without a target to be happy in the present. He begins by clarifying that his teachings, referred to as HIDP, are not a moral science that dictates what one should or should not do. He explains that HIDP does not operate on the language of 'do this' or 'don't do that,' as if for a small child, but rather presents a matter for adults to understand for themselves. He directly refutes the idea that he ever said one should be happy in the present. He asserts that happiness is always of the future. In the present moment, what is happening right now, there can be attention and a subtle joy, but not happiness as it is commonly understood. Happiness is always linked to pleasure and is imaginary, based on the condition that 'if this happens, then I will be happy.' The speaker further elaborates that the day one becomes truly happy, their journey will stop. The very meaning of happiness, as we experience it, is the desire to get more. Even in the deepest moments of happiness, the desire for more happiness persists, and one is never truly content. Therefore, the concept of being happy in the present is meaningless because happiness always says, 'I want more,' and 'more' is always in the future. There is no happiness in the present; the very meaning of happiness is that more will be obtained in the future. To illustrate how his teachings are misunderstood, Acharya Prashant tells a story about a naked sadhu being followed by a baby elephant. When the sadhu confronts the elephant, it reveals it was not chasing him but was simply curious about how the sadhu could breathe with such a small trunk. He uses this analogy to show that what is being taught is often entirely different from what people perceive through their own imaginations.