Acharya Prashant addresses a question about the futility of asking questions when each answer seems to lead to more questions without a conclusion. He explains that if questions only give rise to more questions, then the way of questioning and the center of questioning must be challenged. A question, by definition, is an act of inquiry, not an act of conclusion and assumption. If one already has an assumption, there is no point in asking the question. The issue is that questions are often predicated on their object, with a deep, underlying assumption that the questioner is alright and sorted, while the problem lies with the object of the question—some thing or some body that is not alright. The speaker points out that this is a huge, unexamined assumption. The right question is one that challenges the questioner. Superficial questions are those that assume the questioner is already okay. The solution lies in getting to the root of the question, which is the questioner. When the questioner is investigated, the root of the question can be dissolved, and this dissolution is the solution. Otherwise, one can keep chasing objects, leading to an endless cycle of problems and questions. He emphasizes that every question is based on an assumption, and it is crucial to ask, "What am I assuming?" Whatever is being assumed is just an assumption, not the truth. While assumptions are necessary for practical life, they are not welcome in the inquiry into the inner self or the Truth. For this spiritual inquiry, one must ruthlessly investigate their mental functioning and ask, "What am I assuming?" He clarifies that silence is not merely the absence of speech, which is superficial. The noise-making entity is the ego, not the lips. The lips can be silent while the ego remains noisy, talking to itself. True silence is about quieting the ego down, which is a state of being, not an act.