Acharya Prashant explains that man's desire for truth is often just another form of consumption. He points out that humans typically use everything they acquire to further their own existing identity, much like how one consumes a drink to nourish oneself. He uses the example of Ravan to illustrate this point, noting that even when Ravan prayed to Shri Shiv, his goal was not spiritual dissolution but personal victory, power, and the fulfillment of his lust. There is a fundamental difference between wanting the truth as an acquisition and laying oneself down before the truth to let the personal self be extirpated. While a common person seeks to add to their collection, a Buddha seeks to let everything needless fall away. Regarding the question of how to remain in realization, Acharya Prashant suggests that the constant presence of trouble and hurt serves as a natural internal alarm. He argues that because one's nature is joy, one naturally dislikes being in pain. Therefore, realization is simply the act of discontinuing the attachments and ways of living that lead to hurt. Instead of seeking complex methods for mindfulness, one should simply respond to the continuous signal of suffering by letting go of its causes. Spirituality, in its simplest form, is putting an end to one's troubles by stopping the behaviors that create them.
