Acharya Prashant explains that one must concern themselves only with the truth, as the truth will take care of the material world. He describes the mind as the field or environment surrounding the ego, with the ego acting as its center. When the ego is aligned with the truth, the mind functions properly and its calculations take on a quality of divinity. In this state, mental processes like comparison no longer serve personal aggrandizement but instead serve a transcendental purpose. Hard work continues, but it is no longer performed for the sake of a fruit or to attain peace; it becomes an impersonal flow that is difficult to explain in worldly terms. He further discusses the nature of the self and the role of a master. He suggests that the real, devoted self is already within the individual, but one lives in needless separation from it. Because individuals identify as persons with specific limitations, such as language barriers, they require grace to appear in the form of a person. A master adopts a personality only as a veneer to assist the seeker. As the seeker's own personhood dissolves, the need for a personified teacher diminishes, and the teacher's form changes accordingly. Ultimately, the teacher is not a person and will disappear once their utility in the seeker's journey is exhausted.