Acharya Prashant explains that understanding the present reality is more important than creating and following ideals. He suggests that the first part of the idea—understanding what is—is an absolute truth that can be ignored because it is reliable and ever-present. The actionable part is to stop taking fanciful ideals seriously. When one stops pursuing ideals, the need to 'understand' the present disappears because a need only exists when something is perceived as absent. He emphasizes that truth is utterly reliable and does not require constant attention, whereas ideals are distractions from existence.