Acharya Prashant explains that everything in the mind is perishable, yet the mind has a great desire for the imperishable. The mind is full of ignorance, which is called darkness, but it has a great desire for knowledge, for light. This innate desire for knowledge is evident in our constant questioning. Even a small child, exploring its surroundings by trying to touch new things, is expressing a thirst for knowledge, albeit in a very initial or distorted form. We want to know, and what we fundamentally want to know is nothing less than the Truth. This is proven in our daily interactions. When we ask someone a question, we often say, "Tell me the truth." This shows two things: first, that we are inquisitive beings who ask questions, and second, that we specifically seek the Truth. No one likes to be lied to or deceived. Anger arises when we discover we've been told a lie because our fundamental desire for Truth has been violated. The desire for Truth was, is, and will always be present. So, although the mind resides in ignorance, its love is for knowledge and Truth. Similarly, the mind, while living in pettiness and narrowness, desires greatness. It is small but wants to be vast. It wants something completely unlike itself. However, its reach is limited to its own world, and everything in its world is just like it. This is the predicament of a living being: it desires what is unlike itself but can only attain what is like itself with its limited capacity. This is why a person can exert their efforts their whole life and still remain hungry and thirsty. The speaker clarifies that our primary identity is the mind, the ego, not the Self or Truth. The Self is not born; we, as creatures, are the mind. The proper use of the mind is to realize the Self through the mind itself. The speaker uses the analogy of a fake 'I' (the ego) which is not useless; its purpose is to be used to realize the real 'I'. Like an impure lump of gold that is processed to extract pure gold, the fake 'I' must be used to realize the real 'I'. This is the art of living. The mortal entity is the mind, and becoming free from the mind is immortality. The fear of death is a feeling that afflicts only those who live in incompleteness. One who has completed their life's work and found all the answers does not need more time and is not afraid of death, much like a student who has finished their exam. Most people, however, haven't even found the right questions of life, let alone the answers, being preoccupied with trivial questions from their environment.