Acharya Prashant addresses the confusion between happiness (sukh), suffering (dukh), and bliss (anand). He clarifies that bliss is not something to be experienced in the same way as happiness or suffering. He categorizes people into two types: those who chase happiness and those who are lovers of bliss, emphasizing a fundamental difference between them. The speaker explains that the ego is inherently in a state of burning, which is suffering. Happiness, he states, is merely a foolish or ill-conceived remedy that the ego seeks for this suffering. Suffering is described as our natural state, as every human is born with a sense of incompleteness, fear, and trouble. A newborn child, being completely dependent and vulnerable, exemplifies this state of inherent suffering. Therefore, we are born into suffering, and the urge to eliminate it is natural. However, the clumsy attempts to do so are what we call happiness. The pursuit of happiness is presented as a flawed cycle. Acharya Prashant uses the analogy of scratching an itch: it provides temporary relief but causes the itch to return with greater force. Similarly, scratching the itch of suffering is happiness, but it ultimately leads to more suffering. Happiness and suffering are described as opposites existing on the same plane of nature (prakriti). Bliss (anand) is presented as entirely different from the duality of happiness and suffering. While happiness is the opposite of suffering, bliss is the state of rising above both. It is a remedy for suffering that eliminates the very need for happiness. In a state of bliss, one accepts the cycle of happiness and suffering as part of life but remains unaffected, centered in one's own self. One understands that in the realm of nature, suffering is more prevalent, and chasing happiness only multiplies it. The path to bliss involves engaging in a higher purpose, irrespective of feeling happy or sad. One must do what is right, whether in sorrow or joy. This, he says, is bliss. Spirituality is not about seeking comfort or retirement but about taking on progressively greater challenges. As one's inner strength grows, life demands a bigger project. The path is to move toward these greater challenges, as love itself is born from such a great calamity.