Acharya Prashant asserts that it is impossible to be spiritual while consuming animals, as spirituality involves a state of complete awareness and non-fragmentation. He explains that a spiritual person would not be blind to the source of their food or the violence involved in its production. By looking into the eyes of an animal, one sees their own deep innocence reflected back; therefore, to slaughter an animal is effectively to slaughter a part of oneself. He emphasizes that the observer and the observed are fundamentally connected, and true knowledge prevents such acts of violence.