Acharya Prashant explains that truth is not something that can be read or found, as everything that exists, including duality and the person, is a manifestation of the truth. He clarifies that the scriptures often use terms like 'false' to describe the ego or the world, meaning they are the enveloped or divided truth. The goal is not to seek truth, as one is already in it, but to seek relief from the 'troubled truth' of suffering and conflict. He emphasizes that spiritual verses and scriptures should be viewed as medicines or antidotes tailored to one's current state of suffering, rather than as absolute descriptions of reality. Regarding the conquest of the mind, Acharya Prashant interprets the 'denial of the mind' as denying importance to the mental content that causes sorrow and deception. He explains that 'belief in the Brahma self' is a special, higher belief intended to dissolve all other beliefs and the believer itself. To conquer the mind is to use common sense and discretion to identify and stop supporting the internal tendencies that lead to trouble. Ultimately, the 'experience of the soul-effulgent self' is not a mystical event but a state of clear, direct perception where one sees the world with openness and freshness, free from the muddled projections of a troubled mind.
