Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the desire to know the Self (Atman), which is said to be unknowable and ungraspable. He begins by stating that it is not enough to say that the Self is ungraspable or unthinkable. Such statements lead the mind to believe that the Self exists but is simply inaccessible, that it is there but invisible or untouchable. The speaker clarifies that the Self does not exist in the way we understand existence. There is a great misconception that Vedanta is the investigation of the Self. In reality, the subject matter of Vedanta is not the Self or Brahman, but Maya (illusion). Self-knowledge, he explains, is the knowledge of the Maya that has taken the form of the Self. The Self itself is unknowable, so there can be no knowledge of it. If the Self existed in the same way a table or a body exists, it could be known. But in the sense that the body exists, the Self does not. Therefore, one should not say that the Self *is*. The mistake is to say the Self *is*, but cannot be heard, thought of, or seen. It simply is not there, so how can it be caught? As long as 'you' exist, 'it' does not. On the plane where 'you' exist, 'it' does not. However, at your level, there is something else that is very important to catch, and failing to do so makes life miserable. Its name is not Self; its name is Maya. One should do what is possible. By talking about what cannot be done, one avoids what should be done. He uses the analogy of being sent to buy vegetables but instead trying to buy a 'sky-lotus' to shirk responsibility. The investigation of Maya requires effort and a price, and many Vedantins, by claiming to be in search of the Self, are actually searching for what is not there. The speaker further clarifies the nature of peace. The questioner's idea of peace is a tamasic (dull, inert) one. The peace Vedanta speaks of is found in the midst of struggle, not in its absence. Outwardly, there will always be movement and dance. The peace that is found amidst intense movement is the only real peace, not the peace of a corpse or a graveyard. You need the kind of peace where the bowstring is taut, the arrow is nocked, your own body is pierced with arrows and bleeding, and there is chaos all around, yet the mind is so calm that the arrow hits its target. This is the peace you need. Using the example of Shri Krishna and Arjun, he explains that true peace is not about escaping to the forest but about being in the midst of battle, with a mind so calm that the arrow hits its mark. That is the peace you should seek.