Acharya Prashant explains that one's true nature is a state of absolute ease and fearlessness, where consciousness is free from excitement, pleasure, pain, or experience. This state of completeness is synonymous with infinity and emptiness. In spirituality, completeness does not mean being filled to a certain capacity, but rather being infinite. Anything that is not infinite is inherently limited and subject to death. He emphasizes that worldly achievements, such as filling a safe, completing a journey, or finishing a course, do not constitute true completeness because they do not end desire. True completeness in spirituality occurs only when both the journey and the traveler—representing desire—cease to exist. He further discusses how the ego, fearing its own limitation and inevitable death, seeks refuge in worldly attachments like wealth, family, and sensory pleasures. These attachments act as a form of anesthesia or intoxication, providing temporary relief from the constant awareness of mortality. However, these worldly 'intoxicants' are themselves perishable and cannot provide lasting security. Acharya Prashant suggests that instead of being driven by desire for worldly objects, one should approach the world with compassion. By understanding the factual reality that everyone and everything in the world is limited and suffering, the desire to exploit or gain from others transforms into a wish to help. Ultimately, liberation comes from self-knowledge and recognizing that the 'spectacles of ignorance' distort our perception of reality.
