Acharya Prashant explains the relationship between hesitation (sankoch), fear (dar), and knowledge (gyan). He states that fear, in order to avoid knowledge or Truth, takes the help of hesitation. Fear is another name for the fundamental instinct, and the more afraid it is, the more it tries to protect itself. A scared person is dangerous because they can do anything. Fear exists because one is distant from the Truth; a person who lives in Truth will not be afraid. To protect itself, fear must stay away from the Truth, which shines brightly like the sun. To justify staying away, fear uses the argument of hesitation. This hesitation manifests as thoughts like, "I don't know everything yet," or "I am still in doubt." The speaker calls this a conspiracy, where a person might agree that a point is 99.9% right but will hold onto a 0.1% doubt to avoid moving towards the Truth. He advises showing fearlessness and not hesitating before the Truth, as it is a rebellion against it. Waiting to know everything completely is a trap because Truth is infinite. While in a human body, one's clarity can increase but can never be 100%. Therefore, one should not remain stuck but act based on their best understanding, with the honesty to change course if a better path appears. The first step should be taken without waiting for 100% certainty. In spirituality, 'sankoch' also means contraction or pettiness. To give something pettiness is its contraction. Truth, on the other hand, is vast and infinite. Those who love their limits will hesitate a lot, as hesitation is a way to protect one's limits. Our consciousness, however, does not want to be stopped; it wants to expand. The purpose of life is not to save the self but to break the self. This breaking leads to 'anand' (bliss), which is higher than 'sukh' (pleasure). Bliss is an expensive thing, obtained by breaking oneself, and is for those who are not satisfied with small, constricted things. Addressing the idea of attachment, Acharya Prashant clarifies that one does not become weak due to attachment; rather, one gets attached due to an inner feeling of weakness. Attachment is a symptom of this inner weakness. The fundamental ego-sense is, "I am small, I am weak, what will happen to me?" which leads it to seek external support like money, jobs, or networks. Spirituality offers self-knowledge (atma-gyan), which reveals that these notions of smallness are false. True help is that which makes a person independent, not dependent. Making someone dependent is an injustice to them and a trap for oneself, as the one you are dependent on becomes your master.
