Acharya Prashant addresses a question about whether a session can be useful to a student if the teacher's ego is reinforced by the student's behavior, such as surrendering or being inattentive. He begins by questioning who is facing this problem, pointing out that the question itself is a concept originating from the questioner's own mind. The definition of what is considered "useful" for the student is determined by the teacher's own mind and values. For instance, if a teacher values laughter, they will consider a session where the student laughs to be useful. Similarly, if they value silence, a silent student will indicate a useful session. Whatever a person deems useful for themselves, they will project as useful for others. The speaker illustrates this with examples. If a person is obsessed with owning a 3500-square-foot property, they won't sympathize with someone who only manages to get a 2500-square-foot one, as their own desires frame their perception. Likewise, a money-minded teacher would readily allow a student to miss a session for a high-paying job interview because the teacher themselves values money. This reveals that our judgments about others are reflections of our own life and priorities. All these concerns are merely concepts of one's own mind. Acharya Prashant explains that the mind creates "dummy problems" to escape looking at itself, which is the real problem. The mind identifies a small, manageable flaw, like not speaking politely to a driver, as its "ego." It then works on correcting this minor issue, and upon succeeding, feels a false sense of accomplishment, as if it has conquered the ego. This is a tactic to avoid confronting the real, deep-seated issues like greed, violence, and insecurity. The mind creates a dummy ego, targets it, and feels victorious, while the real self remains untouched and unexamined. This is the game of Maya: to present something false as important to keep one occupied and distracted from the fundamental issue. The speaker emphasizes that the mind invents countless trivial problems to stay busy and avoid looking at the real issue. These petty problems are given great importance so that one never has to confront the central rottenness within. The real problem is the very person one considers oneself to be. He urges the questioner to look at the core of their fear and the innermost pain point, rather than getting lost in surface-level trivia. The fundamental question to ask is about the nature of the "I" that is the source of all problems.