Acharya Prashant responds to a question about understanding the union of Shiva and Shakti from a non-dual Vedanta perspective. He explains that these are symbols. Shakti represents everything in motion, everything that can be experienced or thought of—the totality of that. He then poses the question of why everything is in motion in the first place. To understand this, he suggests looking at ourselves: the mind is always moving, thinking, and seeking. This individual quest for attainment and achievement is fueled by desire. We move so that we may come to a point where there is no further need for movement. No one moves just to remain moving; every journey has an end. This constant movement, both physical and mental, reveals that we are entities deeply in desire of something, which is why we are in a state of perpetual unrest and disquiet. This movement of consciousness is in search of a final destination, a place of no movement, no experience, and ultimate timelessness. This destination is symbolically represented by Shiva. Therefore, Shakti is the movement, and Shiva is the destination. Those inclined towards the right kind of movement worship Shakti, while those in love with the destination itself worship Shiva. However, the two are inseparable. Shakti is the totality of all our experiences, everything contained within space and time. Space-time itself exists for the sake of its own dissolution. Acharya Prashant further elaborates that nothing within the universe, the realm of Shakti, can provide perfect satisfaction because everything in it is constantly changing and, therefore, false. The world is called false because it is not what it appears to be; by the time we perceive something, it has already changed. This is due to the time lag between the phenomenon and our perception. Consequently, the only Truth is that which cannot be experienced—the formless, attributeless, timeless reality called Shiva. The experiencer itself is false because it places trust in its experience, believing something is true simply because it is perceived. In reality, what is heard or seen is not the absolute truth, as perception is subjective and varied. The ultimate truth, Shiva, is beyond the purview of experience.