Acharya Prashant addresses the question of whether it is worthwhile to deceive oneself to make someone else happy. He asserts that one cannot make someone else happy by deceiving one's own self, dismissing this idea as something that exists only in ignorant stories, novels, or movies. He explains that suppressing one's own pleasure or happiness for another is not a real phenomenon. The characteristic of the real thing, or authentic help, is that it is not exclusive. If helping someone makes you feel sad within, that help is of no use. Truly authentic help, even if it involves sacrifices like time, money, or effort, fills your heart, raises you from within, and brings a certain joy and internal fulfillment. In such a scenario, both parties gain. The receiver gets help, and the helper gains inner fulfillment. It is not a zero-sum game where one person smiles while the other is left with a shattered heart. To illustrate this, Acharya Prashant quotes a famous peace chant from the Upanishads: "Even when you take away the full from the full, fullness still remains." This, he explains, is the nature of the real thing. When you give away everything, you are still left with everything; in fact, you are left with more than you had. He calls this a "strange arithmetic." The act of giving, sacrifice, and devotion awakens one's latent power and immeasurable immensity. Conversely, holding back keeps one confined to their perceived pettiness. He concludes by emphasizing the nature of right help. When you help others, you are helping yourself first. However, it is crucial to be conscious of the nature of the help provided. The right kind of help is that which awakens the other's potential and, very soon, frees them from the need to be helped, preventing dependency. Ignorant help can be counterproductive, spoil the other person, or make them dependent.