Acharya Prashant states that it is not at all possible to be spiritual and eat animals. He explains that to be spiritual is to simply know who one is and what is happening through them. A spiritual person would not be blind to what is on their plate because spirituality means being whole and not fragmented. They would truly understand the nature of hunger, food, and the food chain. Knowing where the meat on their plate comes from, both physically and mentally, would make it impossible for them to consume it. A spiritual person does not relate to others merely in terms of the body; the relationship is with the 'I'. The speaker challenges meat-eaters to slaughter an animal themselves and to look into its eyes while doing so. He asserts that a truly awake person would see their own deep, hidden innocence reflected in the animal's eyes. In that moment, one sees only oneself, as the animal's eyes are a mirror to one's own primitive self. Therefore, to slaughter an animal is to slaughter oneself. The speaker elaborates that the animals we see outside are also present within us. This inner animal represents our divinity and evolutionary past, which gets suppressed by social conditioning and acquired knowledge. The more this inner nature is suppressed, the more one lives in frustration and sorrow. Consequently, violence towards external animals is violence towards the animal within. Similarly, destroying jungles is destroying one's inner greenery, and polluting rivers is polluting the life-flow within oneself. Ultimately, the universe is a reflection of the self, and misbehavior towards animals is misbehavior towards oneself. The speaker explains that our attraction to nature, like waterfalls or forests, stems from this deep connection. Veganism, he concludes, is not a taught quality but something that comes from the heart, a destroyer of all arguments. It is about having the right relationship with the world, which is the essence of religion. One should not live by fleeting feelings or experiences but by the Truth. The only valid desire is the want for understanding and to live by one's true, innocent nature, and this want is love.