Acharya Prashant explains that Shiva and Shakti are symbols representing the destination and the movement of consciousness, respectively. Shakti encompasses everything in motion and the totality of human experience within space and time. He argues that all movement, whether physical or mental, stems from a deep-seated desire to reach a point where movement is no longer necessary. This constant unrest in consciousness indicates a search for a final destination beyond experience, which is symbolically represented by Shri Shiva. While Shakti is the field of experience, Shri Shiva is the formless, attribute-less, and timeless truth that remains unchanged. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that the world is considered false because it is constantly changing, and the gap between an event and its perception makes human experience unreliable. Regarding consciousness, Acharya Prashant defines it as the domain of experience, including happiness, sorrow, and the urge to change. A conscious entity is one that experiences duality and possesses the desire to not remain as they are. He explains that while one could argue every particle in the universe, including a stone, has some level of consciousness, it remains dormant in non-living things because they lack active choice. A highly conscious entity is characterized by a strong urge for liberation and a rebellion against the limitations of experience. The journey from a stone to a human being is described as the process through which consciousness develops the capacity for active choice and the quest for ultimate freedom.