Acharya Prashant addresses the human fear of having nothing to do, a fear that makes one feel like a corpse. He explains that society conditions us to believe that a life without purpose or achievement is useless and lazy. However, he contrasts this with the natural world, where beings without a defined purpose are super-active and joyful. Using the examples of a bird chirping and a river flowing, he illustrates that nature operates without the need for a goal or the burden of achievement. The bird chirps not to achieve anything, and the river flows without a specific destination in mind; its journey is its own fulfillment. He points out that humans are the only creatures who are miserable, and this misery stems from the concept of duality (Dwaita). This duality is the division between 'what I am' and 'what I have to achieve.' This sense of incompleteness leads to a constant, agonizing search. He quotes a verse: "We were better off as one, why did we become two from one? We found nothing; we lost what we had." This duality, the state of being two—the incomplete self and the desired future—is the very definition of suffering and the constant search. Acharya Prashant uses the analogy of the sky to describe how the heart should be: vast enough to contain everything yet remain untouched and unaffected by the events within it. The mind should be like a free bird, joyful within the vastness of the heart. He further explains that the river's message is to flow without fear, knowing that even with constant change, the fundamental essence does not perish. The river may change form—from water to vapor to clouds to ice—but its core element remains unchangeable. Similarly, one should not fear change or death, because the essential self is immortal. The real man is one who, amidst all change, sees that which does not change. This realization removes the fear of annihilation and the need for a purpose, allowing one to live joyfully and freely, just like the rest of existence.