Acharya Prashant addresses the question of handling the pressure of expectations and the societal intolerance for mistakes. He explains that the answer is simple: the human being is not a single entity but a duality. This unit, called the human being, comprises two parts: one is the true, perfect, blemishless Self, which Vedanta calls the Atma, and the other is the body-mind complex, which we share with animals and can be termed Prakriti (nature). The human being is a combination of Prakriti and Atma, where Prakriti is our current reality and Atma is our potentiality. Since we live far from our potential, we are almost purely prakritik (of nature), much like animals. We are the body and the consciousness that arises from it. The only difference is that humans have the potential to be something more. This potential is very attractive, and the impure, prakritik consciousness—the ego or Aham—wants to reach that state of Atma. The ego, a product of the body, is a bundle of imperfections. However, it loves to call itself perfect and is deeply insecure about its flaws being exposed. To avoid the hard work of self-improvement, the ego adopts a cheap solution: it declares, 'I am already good enough, I am the pure Self, I need no correction.' This false belief leads to the expectation that we are all perfect and therefore should not make mistakes. When we inevitably err, it becomes a source of shame and censure because the Atma is not supposed to make mistakes. The speaker clarifies that we are not the Atma; we are the animalistic ego, which is why we constantly make what we call 'mistakes.' He suggests that these are not mistakes but expressions of our current animalistic nature. Instead of feeling ashamed, we should accept this fact, as this acceptance is the first step toward correction. The path to correction opens when we honestly admit we are like animals. Shame, when it arises from this understanding, can be a constructive force, reminding us that our true nature is something else and we are not supposed to remain animals. The problem is that our entire social environment—education, media, parenting—promotes these animal values, forcing us to live like them. Therefore, what we call a 'mistake' is not an accident but a systematic expression of our beastliness, our current reality.